RESERVing Judgement

So this weekend my fiance told me that he want to explore the option of joining the military reserves. My first reaction was shock, then disbelief, then I was pissed, and now I'm in research mode. He views the reserves as a way to fund his education, do something productive with his life, make his life more structured and disciplined,  and support our future family. I can't  help but repeat the word deployment over and over again. I know that reserves are not as likely to be deployed as active troops and that in most cases deployment is voluntary but I can't help but think about what could change in terms of warfare in the next six years active and two years inactive of his contract. I'm incredibly proud that he wants to take on such a daunting task as boot camp and the training after and I do think in a lot of ways he is well suited and will excel but I know he doesn't want to be deployed and I certainly don't want to be without him for an entire year. We're looking everything from the reserves of all five branches to the NC National Guard to figure out what is the best options for his needs and his situation. I'm developing a list of questions for the recruiter scowering discussion forums, blogs, and websites trying to get as much information as I can. If any of you have first hand experience with any of this I'd love to hear about it feel free to comment or email me.