

Reservist is the status you get when you go to your annual (or whatever) checkups and are listed as can be called for active duty. You’re basically active duty but you’re not needed at the moment.
Isn’t this what happens when you complete your compulsory military training? You can then be called for service at any time. I still don’t see the difference






They’re still reservists in those others countries though, right? Fundamentally it seems like the same thing to me. And your quote says “at most”; I doubt every military aged person is serving a month every year