There are also the soldiers whose tour of dudty is up and are not allowed to leave the service. There was a case in the courts recently where a National Guardsman put in his retirement papers and was denied.
See? The backdoor draft is not a myth. --- On Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:52 AM, Gruss Gott scribed: --- > > Aren't we digging through the bottom of the barrel here? A 47 year > old guy with OJI who's been out of flight for 7 years? Can't the > military find enough new recruits? Is this a way to avoid the draft? > > "These guys like me are basically untrained civilians now," said Mr. > Howell, the former helicopter test pilot. Mr. Howell said he left the > Army years ago with an injured back, knee and elbow > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/national/16reserves.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136494 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
