tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post7112069629114835056..comments2024-03-28T11:48:06.623-04:00Comments on Veteran AF: Who Got Drafted for the Iraq War?Neil Gussmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04667154945595202472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post-42398437286251337192010-04-02T04:00:21.643-04:002010-04-02T04:00:21.643-04:00Does FEDEX actually say what are you reporting for...Does FEDEX actually say what are you reporting for? Or does it just say report for duty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post-3039429522836600362010-03-29T16:49:56.205-04:002010-03-29T16:49:56.205-04:00Like a dumb ass, everytime they were going to &quo...Like a dumb ass, everytime they were going to "stop loss" my ass, I signed up for more years. We had lots of folks in Iraq in 04-05 who were "called back" and some looked totally confused. As far as I could see, they all did their jobs and did them well--up to and including getting killed for the country.<br /><br />We had one capt who got promoted to capt while we were in Bosnia. 6 months later, when we were going to Iraq, she "resigned" her commission to not take the chance of getting hurt. She flat out admitted to us that she was too afraid to go. OK with me, I thought. <br /><br />As for the SGM running the coffee shop...that's the first SGM I've heard of in the Army who actually did anything useful....or did she actually have a Spec 4 doing all the work? <br /><br />If you join a group of folks (the Army for example) who's job is to go to war and stuff, what the hell did they expect?<br /><br />When I was in the reg army as a grunt in Berlin, I expected to go to war---I never did.<br /><br />When I joined the Nat Guard, I never expected to go to war...I did. <br /><br />It's a really, really strange world we live in...carry on.CI-Roller Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850472230525879415noreply@blogger.com