It would be ironic if, after 18 years of war involving >1M mobilized reservists and many cases like this, Capt. Hickok’s death from #COVIDー19 was the catalyst for Congressional action on reserve “duty status” reform https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1253350877332680712

There are currently >30 duty status categories for reserve and Guard personnel. Nearly all (OSD, the services, Congress, advocacy groups) agree this is a problem. And yet the legislative fixes have been elusive. For more background, see this thread: https://twitter.com/carter_pe/status/1246429191559659526?s=21 https://twitter.com/carter_pe/status/1246429191559659526