Operation Yellow Elephant

[JulesMaximus]

No fvcking way would I sign up.

Put up or shut up? I will do neither!!!

 

[KidViciou$]

do u support the war in iraq?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: KidViciou$
do u support the war in iraq?

Not really, no.

I support our troops and now that we are there I think we should stay until there is a stable government in place but I don't think it was the right thing to do.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: maluckey
Funny thing is that retention numbers are higher than before 9/11 and Iraq invasion.

That's pretty funny. Considering that the military is using its "stop loss" policy of FORCING enlisted personnel to continue their service even after their enlistment is up, I should HOPE their "rentention" numbers are up.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: maluckey

Victims are not complaining about these tougher laws.

And guess what? Victims wouldn't complain if you gave every offender life imprisonment without parole. So by your reasoning, that means we should give every criminal life in the slammer.

Victims are the absolute WORST source for determining what constitutes an appropriate sentence.

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: zendari

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Remember this from the Dub in the 2000 Presidential campaign "America will not be the world's policeman"?

Remember when 2 planes crashed into the World Trade center?

And since Saddam had absolutely NOTHING to do with those two planes, what's your point?

 

[KidViciou$]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: KidViciou$
do u support the war in iraq?

Not really, no.

I support our troops and now that we are there I think we should stay until there is a stable government in place but I don't think it was the right thing to do.

exactly, so do i

 

[NeenerNeener]

Originally posted by: KidViciou$

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: KidViciou$
do u support the war in iraq?

Not really, no.

I support our troops and now that we are there I think we should stay until there is a stable government in place but I don't think it was the right thing to do.

exactly, so do i

QFT

 

[montanafan]

I have an off the topic question I'd like to ask malucky or anyone else who might know. If you were in the military and then go to work for the Department of Defense, does that make you eligible to be called back to active military duty at any time?

I spoke to a former student at the start of the Iraq war who was home visiting before he left. He had been in the military for 4 years right out of high school and then he left the military and got a job at the Department of Defense in Washington, DC. He had been working there for 10 years when he was called back into military duty. He made it sound like he had not expected that, so I was just wondering how it worked.

 

[KidViciou$]

hmmmm, i'm thinking thats because he didn't complete his enlistment requirements, and there was a clause i read about not too long ago that people could be recalled if they didn't complete their entire tour, but get an answer from more reputable source as i have no experience in the matter

in that story, some 70 something year old man was recalled because he didn't complete his entire enlistment requirement even though he was honorably discharged

 

[Starbuck1975]

That's pretty funny. Considering that the military is using its "stop loss" policy of FORCING enlisted personnel to continue their service even after their enlistment is up, I should HOPE their "rentention" numbers are up.

That is not entirely true...under the service agreements that every soldier signs upon enlisting or becoming a commissioned officer, they agree to serve "x" number of years on active duty, but there service obligation extends to "y" number of years beyond their active duty obligation as members of the IRR.

If a soldier completes there active duty service obligation of "x," the military has the right to extend that active duty obligation into "y." Once a soldier hits their contractual obligation of "x+y," they have the option to leave the military, even if there is a stop loss in place.

Stop loss is implemented more as a means of keeping soldiers in the same unit, as opposed to the usual transfer of every two to three years, thereby ensuring cohesion and carrying over training for units slated to deploy.