So my brother just finished his 2 year commitment and is facing 6 years active reserve... He hated the army and served a tour in the trenches in Iraq already...

Now they're using high-pressure to get him to sign up for the national guard before he leaves, telling him that his 6 year commitment will go down to 3 years, and that he'll be undeployable for 2 of those years... Telling him this offer is off the table if he doesn't take it before he leaves his post in a couple days.

Are they just trying to screw him, or would this actually be a good deal? Isn't it more likely that he'd be deployed in the guard than on active reserves?