Is 39 training days good enough for the National Guard and Reserves?

If we could spend more time training METL and less time taking mandatory online courses and sitting in mandatory briefings, then 39 days would be adequate. But as it stands at the present time, no. I can spend weeks putting together a training schedule for my section that is subsequently subverted by SHARP, TARP, or some other training program that, while of value, does nothing to enhance overall unit readiness.

I think it depends on the function of the unit. If it's an aviation unit & the unit members are flying, maintaining, etc in their civilian jobs, not a problem. Same with a medical unit where the vast majority of the docs & RN's, LPN's, medics, lab & radiology personnel are functioning in that same role in their civilian lives. I think it becomes a much bigger problem when the type of unit & the similar local/available jobs isn't congruent. So, if you have a tank unit where most of the unit members do something other than tank-related duties in their civilian lives, it could be a problem & needs more training.
Maybe there needs to be a matchup between a number of days of training required directly related to a percentage of unit personnel who work a civilian job similar/same as their MOS. The number of training days required would be directly proportional to the lower percentage of civilian related employment.

It depends... for Maneuver support folks... possibly... for Maneuver forces/units... no way. CPT (Join to see)

39 days refers to 48 MUTAs and 15 days of AT. There are exceptions of course. As others have stated, the unit's leadership makes a big difference as to how much training is actually accomplished. Mandatory training, APFT, PHA, IWQ, AT prep, AT recovery, then at best you have two months for training. I'm not against mandatory training being completed at home. I have seen many drill days lost to SSD. The time spent at the unit should be focused on unit training. If the Soldier doesn't care enough about their own career to complete it at home, they are not promoted. I don't believe they should be allowed to do SSD or any of the other online training during drill. We can issue CAC readers if they don't have them. Or they can go to an armory between drills. If a Soldier spends his/her entire weekend doing SSD, no one gets any benefit. They will start caring when everyone else is getting promoted and they are getting barred from reenlistment because they haven't met the standards.

I think 39 days is not enough. I personally think that 78 days would be much better and make national guards and reserves more like active duty

No! They should complete a full cycle of BCT. In 1973, when I went through Basic it was 14 weeks. And, it was 14 weeks of pure hell for most. As we edge closer and closer to WWIII with Russia & Iran we better be shaping up Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard. I pray to God I am wrong but I have too many well developed sources to ignore their G2.

This is possible as long as all members stay on task.

We got a lot of good quality training at ATD and our mobilization was quick. I think the Reserve system (at least for the USMC) works just fine. We could always use more training. Personally I wish we'd had more active duty time because now I'm treated like a second rate veteran

I was a member of the IARNG and all our units always got good ratings in training and when deployed. I was part of TF Santa Fe OEF in Germany, and we did more with less and did it better!

I'm going to keep this short. It be enough training if we were doing high speed training, instead of worrying about certs and pmcs'ing trucks we don't use often.