Why is the Reserve Component treated so differently from the Active Component?

That's what I want to know? I been a reservist for almost two years and all I been doing as 88M is drive some, a bunch of APFT's and power points  on issues such as suicide prevention and sexual harassment. As a unit we haven't touched a single TM, FM or Pam on any of our equipment or anything in that nature.  

Most likely the answer would be that the Reserves are not always as prepared as the AD, and is given a chance for quick update with more follow on as needed, just my two cents.

I don't know if still true, but I recall that reserve units had old equipment. When I was a SGT in reserve 80th Division, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, we had the old family of FM radios, M-1 Rifles, M-2 Carbines, BARs, 1919A6s, Slush box hydromantic 2 1/2 trucks, etc. Positive side, we had then current 1911A1s and early model 151 1/4 ton trucks. So hard to train on stuff that you do not have. I do not know if current reserve units have updated equipment.