Hi Bart, Just read this letter to the editor in the Anchorage Daily News.
It seems the f-ing govment found a new way to screw the troops. They are transferring troops recently returned from Iraq to units that are soon to be deployed back to the quagmire. Seems the one year home rule only applies to “Units” not to “Individuals”
What scum-bag heartless DICK came up with this?
Military families should stand up and demand an end to unjust war
In the coming weeks the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based out of Fort Richardson will be returning home from an extended tour of duty in Iraq. My husband is one amongst the group of over 3,000 soldiers. Although as anxious
as I am for this deployment to be over, the fact is their homecoming does not end the war. It is quite likely that my husband will deploy again before his time in the Army is up, either as a result of stop-loss or from being reassigned to a unit that is preparing to deploy.
While the military says soldiers get to spend a year home before deploying to war again, this is not always the case because this general policy applies to the unit, not the individual. I am apprehensive about the decisions Army leadership will make in determining our future. As elated as I will be to have my husband home, the looming months ahead of readjusting only to be uprooted once again make me uneasy. We must end this war, not only because it is an unjust war, but also for the welfare of military families. I encourage military families to have the bravery to demand an end to the war.
– Claire Lettow
Anchorage