Admittedly this is the US Air Force Reserve we are talking about here, but nevertheless a strange situation to find yourself in with any uniformed personnel.
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/...150977,00.html
The Air Force Reserve may be an unrivaled wingman to the active duty force, but it's also a conflicted one right now, with air reserve technicians angry over a new policy mandating daily uniform wear on the job.
And that's prompted some to increasingly talk like the union members many are.
Bristling at the new regs, some reservists intend to pressure the Air Force into scrubbing the new uniform policy - a demand that could have a ripple effect on Air Force missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Stop volunteering for Air Expeditionary Force rotations" is the call rebel Air Force reservists are making.
"We've got to do something to get their attention," said Master Sgt. Jerry Merrill, a KC-135 crew chief at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and vice president of local 3854 of the American Federation of Government Employees.