Army ..members, ...leave was on, off and on again,not on return flight

Army Reserve battalion members, whose home leave was on, off and on again, not on return flight

LINTHICUM, Md., Oct. 5 — The saga of an Army Reserve battalion trying to get home from the Middle East on leave took another twist Sunday, when its members couldn't return to the United States because there wasn't room on their flight

None of the 220 soldiers who arrived Sunday morning at Baltimore-Washington International Airport was from the 368th Combat Engineer Battalion, based in New Hampshire, said Maj. Allen Hing, an Army spokesman.

''Right now, the intent is to take care of the combat troops being shot at,'' Hing said.

Family members of the 60 reservists had been told they were coming home from Kuwait on leave and had arranged flights for them, but then found in calls and e-mails last week that the leaves had been suspended. Then, on Friday, the military said that the reservists would be coming home afterall and that the incident was ''a major miscommunication.''

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap10-05-081854.asp?t=apnew&vts=10520030844

This really sucks! I would be so furious if I were a family member waiting for these people. Hell, I AM furious!!!

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You would think that he would have some influence.

is a toady of the worst sort. He's never had an original thought in his life. Knee jerk, rubber stamp Republican who does what the party tells him. He could care less about the voting public - because he knows that as long as there's an R next to his name, he's a shoo in.

let them know who is responsible for this fiasco (if they don't know already)-GW Bush.

They fumbled the ball because they were intent on fumbling the ball. I've had the displeasure before of having a couple of assholes in command. These assholes always tried to find or invent reasons to take away weekends and any time off.:mad: