Soldier gets billed for Humvee parts damaged in bombing that tore off his hand.

[xouper]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

In local news here, a National Guardsman who'd signed up for an eight-year hitch had his unit notified to mobilize for deployment in Iraq....a month before his contracted eight years terminated.

So...what happened? The Army National Guard extended his contract. An additional 27 years! Yes, that's right, until 2032. He challenged this in federal court and the judge upheld the military's right to do exactly what they had done. He's now in Iraq....and I'll bet he gets choice assignments, too.

Man...Talk about "read the fine print".

Are you referring to this guy?

[viscousmemories]

Originally Posted by xouper

Are you referring to this guy?

Panner said he thought the military would endure more harm than Santiago if he ruled in the soldier's favor, essentially agreeing with the government's argument that thousands of military members who are subject to stop-loss orders might file similar legal challenges.

After the hearing, Goldberg said the Bush administration has been defending the stop-loss policy because it has no other way to maintain the troop strength essential to current military campaigns.

I see. No justice for Santiago lest a bunch of other soldiers be encouraged to seek it. Assholes. I know there's a lot of other things to hate about our government and our military policies, but the betrayal of the volunteers (before, during and after war) still really pisses me off. Besides how and why did they extend this guy 27 years? That doesn't make any sense considering the standard 2 year extension policy.

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by xouper

Are you referring to this guy?

That's him.