Talk Wrench - and as the article says, it seems that TA lads can suffer more than regulars. They don't have such a tight regimental family, they don't live in MQs, wives/girlfriends may not know each other, and normally the TA lads are drawn from several different units to form a composite company for the detachment. Come the end of the det they all go back to their different towns. The reason that some are able to go in the first place is because they are unemployed, or on short-term contracts, so the first thing they have to do when they get back is find a new job, when they are still dealing with getting home and re-adjusting.