He was in the reserves during that time. He went riding once in a while with them. My son is in the Army National Guard. He has several years of service based on combat deployments, one to Iraq and one to Afghanistan, but I’d hardly pretend he has a also spent the last two years ‘in the Army’.
When Reagan was called to active duty, he did non-riding duty for a month and then transferred to public affairs.
I don’t know what bug is under your collar, but you are being silly and lying when you misquote “Army Reserves” as meaning the active Army.
Reagan was a full fledged Cavalry officer in the United States Army Reserves for five years. He started preparing in 1935 and enlisted in 1937.
In 1942 he transferred to active duty and served during WWII, leaving the Army in 1945, and finishing his commission in 1953.
I don’t know how long your service was, but 8 years of serving and another 8 years of inactive, plus two years of officer study seems pretty good, surely not something that you should be attempting to belittle.
Reagan was our last Cavalry President, and a true cavalryman, and was buried as such.