Already laying the ground work:

"The Army will add more time to the National Guard and Reserve training year, so let's be candid about what the "operational" reserve military forces really are: A method to avoid the cost of a full-time military of adequate size. The reserve force, which was our strategic capital banked for a once-in-a-career national military emergency, has been cashed in because our expensive regular force has been too small to wage a protracted war. We no longer have citizen soldiers; we have professional soldiers who are laid off between deployments overseas. "

[link to ricks.foreignpolicy.com]