IT Workers In The US Military Reserves?

A semper-fi Anonymous Coward asks: "I've been seriously thinking of enlisting in the USMCR ^[?] for a while now and I think I'm pretty set except for the question of how it will affect my civilian IT career. I'm planning to leave my current job when I decide to go to boot camp, but I'm wondering if my having to be away one weekend/month, 2 weeks/year will adversely affect my job prospects. Theoretically my being in the Reserves can't be held against me when applying for a job. Also, if I ever need to be deployed my position is supposed to still be available when I get back. I was wondering if any readers out there could give me some of their experiences with being in the Reserves and working in the IT field?"

"I've never had any problems finding IT jobs ever since I graduated high school (I'm 21 now) so I'm hoping that my experience and knowledge will balance out the fact that I might have to pick up and leave in the middle of a project. I'm also thinking that maybe I could just become a freelance consultant so that I could at least try to work around my drills (the scheduled Reserve training each month and once a year)."