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Report: Soldiers say they are being threatened with Iraq duty
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -
Soldiers from a combat unit at Fort Carson say they have been told to
re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units
expected to deploy to Iraq, the Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday.
Hundreds of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team were presented
with that message and a re-enlistment form in a series of assemblies
last week, two soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity told the
newspaper.
"They said if you refuse to re-enlist with the 3rd Brigade, we'll send
you down to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which is going to Iraq
for a year, and you can stay with them, or we'll send you to Korea, or
to Fort Riley (in Kansas) where they're going to Iraq," said one of
the soldiers, a sergeant.
The second soldier, an enlisted man, echoed that view:
"They told us if we don't re-enlist, then we'd have to be reassigned.
And where we're most needed is in units that are going back to Iraq in
the next couple of months. So if you think you're getting out, you're
not."
The sergeant told the News the threat has outraged soldiers who are
close to fulfilling their service obligation.
"We have a whole platoon who refuses to sign," he said.
An unidentified Fort Carson spokesman said Wednesday that 3rd Brigade
recruitment officers denied threatening the soldiers with more duty in
Iraq.
"I can only tell you what the retention officers told us: The soldiers
were not being told they will go to Iraq, but they may go to Iraq,"
said the spokesman, who confirmed the re-enlistment drive is under
way.
One of the soldiers provided the form to the News.
If signed, it would bind the soldier to the 3rd Brigade until Dec. 31,
2007.
An Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Gerard Healy, said sending soldiers to
Iraq with less than one year of their enlistment remaining "would not
be taken lightly."
"There's probably a lot of places on post where they could put those
folks (who don't re-enlist) until their time expires," he said.
"But I don't want to rule out the possibility that they could go to a
unit that might deploy."
Extending a soldier's active duty is within Army authority, since the
enlistment contract carries an eight-year obligation, even if a
soldier signs up for shorter terms.
Members of Iraq-bound units can be retained for an entire year in
Iraq, even if their active-duty enlistment expires.
"I don't want to go back to Iraq," the sergeant told the News.
"I went through a lot of things for the Army that weren't necessary
and were risky. Iraq has changed a lot of people."
The enlisted soldier said the recruiters' message left him "filled
with dread."
"For me, it wasn't about going back to Iraq. It's just the fact that
I'm ready to get out of the Army," he said.
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Moses
Moses - This is Amazing- enjoy it
AWESOME
This is almost overwhelming when you think about it.
You MUST read to the end: (smile)
Moses and the people were in the desert, but
what was he going to do with them?
They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 million
people requires a lot of food.
According to the Quartermaster General in the
Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of =
food
each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two =
freight
trains, each at least a mile long, would be required!
Besides you must remember, they were out in the
desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the =
food.
This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each =
a
mile long, just for one day.
And just think, they were forty years in
transit..
And Oh yes! They would have to have water. If
they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take
11,000,000 gallons each day and a freight train with tank cars, 1800
miles long, just to bring water!
And then another thing!
They had to get across the Red Sea at night.
Now, if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be =
800
miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So =
there
had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could =
walk
5000 abreast to get over in one night.
But then, there is another
problem...............each time they camped at the end of the day, a
campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was =
required,
or a total of 750 square miles long........ think of it! This much =
space
for camping.
Do you think Moses figured all this out before
he left Egypt? I think not! You see, Moses believed in God. God took =
care
of these things for him.
Now do you think God has any problem taking care
of all your needs?
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"S. O. Damocles" <so@damocl.es> wrote in message news:Vol2d.74$0c5.26919@news.uswest.net...
| Report: Soldiers say they are being threatened with Iraq duty
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| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -
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| Soldiers from a combat unit at Fort Carson say they have been told to
| re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units
| expected to deploy to Iraq, the Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday.
|
| Hundreds of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team were presented
| with that message and a re-enlistment form in a series of assemblies
| last week, two soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity told the
| newspaper.
|
| "They said if you refuse to re-enlist with the 3rd Brigade, we'll send
| you down to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which is going to Iraq
| for a year, and you can stay with them, or we'll send you to Korea, or
| to Fort Riley (in Kansas) where they're going to Iraq," said one of
| the soldiers, a sergeant.
|
| The second soldier, an enlisted man, echoed that view:
|
| "They told us if we don't re-enlist, then we'd have to be reassigned.
| And where we're most needed is in units that are going back to Iraq in
| the next couple of months. So if you think you're getting out, you're
| not."
|
| The sergeant told the News the threat has outraged soldiers who are
| close to fulfilling their service obligation.
|
| "We have a whole platoon who refuses to sign," he said.
|
| An unidentified Fort Carson spokesman said Wednesday that 3rd Brigade
| recruitment officers denied threatening the soldiers with more duty in
| Iraq.
|
| "I can only tell you what the retention officers told us: The soldiers
| were not being told they will go to Iraq, but they may go to Iraq,"
| said the spokesman, who confirmed the re-enlistment drive is under
| way.
|
| One of the soldiers provided the form to the News.
|
| If signed, it would bind the soldier to the 3rd Brigade until Dec. 31,
| 2007.
|
| An Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Gerard Healy, said sending soldiers to
| Iraq with less than one year of their enlistment remaining "would not
| be taken lightly."
|
| "There's probably a lot of places on post where they could put those
| folks (who don't re-enlist) until their time expires," he said.
|
| "But I don't want to rule out the possibility that they could go to a
| unit that might deploy."
|
| Extending a soldier's active duty is within Army authority, since the
| enlistment contract carries an eight-year obligation, even if a
| soldier signs up for shorter terms.
|
| Members of Iraq-bound units can be retained for an entire year in
| Iraq, even if their active-duty enlistment expires.
|
| "I don't want to go back to Iraq," the sergeant told the News.
|
| "I went through a lot of things for the Army that weren't necessary
| and were risky. Iraq has changed a lot of people."
|
| The enlisted soldier said the recruiters' message left him "filled
| with dread."
|
| "For me, it wasn't about going back to Iraq. It's just the fact that
| I'm ready to get out of the Army," he said.
Welcome to the world of SLAVERY for the oil barons :-(
Will your kids be next?
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Welcome to the world of SLAVERY for the oil barons :-(
Will your kids be next?
Republikkkunt kids SHOULD be next!
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S. O. Damocles wrote:
Report: Soldiers say they are being threatened with Iraq
duty
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -
Soldiers from a combat unit at Fort Carson say they have been told to
re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units
expected to deploy to Iraq, the Rocky Mountain News reported Thursday.
This reminds me of "Hogan's Heroes": "If you don't do X, you're going
to get sent to the Russian Front!"
If you don't think the Iraq invasion is going horribly, think again.
Michael Moore was right again....
Welcome to the world of SLAVERY for the oil barons :-(
Will your kids be next?
Republikkkunt kids SHOULD be next!
DRAFT JENNA BUSH!!!
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"S. O. Damocles" <so@damocl.es> wrote in message news:<Vol2d.74$0c5.26919@news.uswest.net>...
Report: Soldiers say they are being threatened with Iraq duty
Yeah, right, big deal, @$#*wit. Why would anybody at AUS.POLITICS give
a flying @$#* about yank army postings?
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William J. Wolfe wrote:
Yeah, right, big deal, @$#*wit. Why would anybody at
AUS.POLITICS give a flying @$#* about yank army postings?
Didn't you pig-ignorant beeeyah soaked wankers send your
troops to get maimed and killed for the criminal Bu$h mob's
lies ?
You pathetic drunken bastard.
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"S. O. Damocles" <so@damocl.es> wrote mindless seppo redneck babble.
Nice chimp out, BOY.
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 01:21:46 -0400, "pedro martori"
<pedro1940@progression.net> wrote:
Moses
miles long, just to bring water!
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