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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:54 PM Original message |
U.S. Army offers shorter enlistment to recruits |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. When they start offering shorter deaths that will be news. This is |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. H'mm and is it a guarantee or can they still StopLoss their ass? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. STOPLOSS |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yep |
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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Yea, so they can say "we've done everything possible...now its draft time" |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. My thinking was more along the lines of "we've shown we can |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Reports are that the average survival rate for soldiers in Iraq is |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:58 PM Original message |
Kinda pointless,.... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ha. Recruits better read the fine print in the contract. Military service |
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WebeBlue (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Then Stop Loss and 15 months becomes indefinite |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. 15 months of active-duty service? And that would be |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. From the article - Lowest Number in Memory |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd read the fine print. If you buy this, I have a bridge below for sale. |
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Frederik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I'll take it! |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It is yours for just 15 months of active-duty service in the Army. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Guess where the entire 15 months will be spent, buckos. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wanted to add Rummys infamous words on draftees |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. 15 months AFTER training, and then you are still Guard or AR |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Offer it to the right wing Iraq war supporters and see how fast |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Same goes for the left-wing war supporters. Of which there are many n/t |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Conscript |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I agree ! |
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UCLA Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I just feel afraid being a woman...so many stories of sexual assault. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Getting shot, blown up, maimed or disfigured would be bad too.nt |
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sweetladybug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Everyone who voted for Bush really really really need to get in line, |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. There is a good argument against |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I'm in favor of universal male service like in Germany. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I am against conscription of any kind to fight in illegal and immoral wars |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I figure most of us here at DU are against it too. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
47. I strongly support a Universal Service obligation, including ... |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. How about offering them a new President and Defense Secretary? |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Now that's a fight worth fighting |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Attn: Draft Aged Freepers!! |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wow, what a sign of desperation RECOMMENDED! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I can scarcely believe it myself. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. do the words "bait and switch" ring a bell? . . . n/t |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. 15 mos isn't enough time for it to be worthwhile for the military |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Rumsfeld would agree, but... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hell -- why not offer them 8 month enlistments? Two months for |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wonder why this is the toughest recruiting climate ever faced by an all- |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. kick |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
40. US woos soldiers with early exit |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. "just 15 months" ... except when they enact a "stop loss" |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Exactly! |
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Pinboy (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Double exactly |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I wonder if stop-loss would remain in effect. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I heard this on the radio this morning |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. You can check out any time you like |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
46. star wars |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
48. After 15 months service... Sorry boys and girls, you have been drafted!!! |
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mariema (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. This is how desperate they are for cannon fodder |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Indefinite extensions of enlistment were just found to be legal TODAY |
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llmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. When in my lifetime have you ever been able...... |
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