US soldiers in Iraq held against their will

[Harmon Seaver]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 04:52:25PM +0200, Thoenen, Peter CIV Sprint wrote:
> 
> On a semi related side note, how long has this guy been in (total length of 
> service)?  All personnel when they join the US Military are quite clearly 
> informed they have an 8-year commitment, regardless of how long their 
> initial enlistment is.  If your initial commitment is less than 8 years, 
> you are moved into the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR) for the remainder of 
> the 8 years. (E.g. you enlist for 4 years active or ready reserve (weekend 
> warriors); you will also spend 4 years in IRR).


   This is the guard. 

(snip)
> 
> On that same note, any weekend warrior who complains about being activated 
> has no sympathy from me. Take the devils coin, be prepared to do his work 
>  also.

   Yup - I don't have any sympathy for him being called up and sent over, but
when the contract is over, the law says they have to release him and can't
extend his hitch. 


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Harmon Seaver	
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