The  U.S. Army Reserve celebrates its 100th birthday next month.  On April 23, 1908, the Army Reserve was born for reasons that no doubt could be ascertained by a few minutes of fact-checking.  For 100 years, so-called "weekend warriors" have been spending their nights on military cots, their days training to protect this country in times of extreme need.

You know how the Army Reserve works:  In exchange for a warm military cot to sleep on (and a salary or money for college, yada-yada), civilians can train and become part of the U.S. Army.  One weekend a month, they live on military cots and serve this country, and in time of war, they can be called into active duty and have to sleep on military cots every night.

In light of the 100th year anniversary, perhaps the Army can honor our brave reserve soldiers by buying them new military cots, or gifting them with camping cots for use on their time off, like travel cots, folding cots, sleeping cots, or plain old portable cots.