War Vet, 50, Stunned By New Deployment

babsbunny

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:00 PM
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War Vet, 50, Stunned By New Deployment

http://www.kcra.com/family/18398827/detail.html

War Vet, 50, Stunned By New Deployment

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A veteran who has been out of the military for 15 years and recently received his AARP card was stunned when he received notice he will be deployed to Iraq.

Video: Army Vet, 50, Deployed

The last time Paul Bandel, 50, saw combat was in the early 1990s during the Gulf War.

"(I was) kind of shocked, not understanding what I was getting into," said Bandel, who lives in the Nashville, Tenn., area.

In 1993, Bandel took the option of leaving the Army without retirement and never thought he would be called back to action.

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Hissyspit

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:01 PM
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1. He's stunned?

Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 09:02 PM by Hissyspit

Hasn't been paying very close attention, has he? Should have been reading Democratic Underground.

Having said that, I empathize with him and hope he can find a way to fight the deployment.

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proud2BlibKansan

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:05 PM
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3. Beat me to it

Where has this guy been?

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Hissyspit

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:07 PM
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5. Well, there's a previously thread on this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3668976

...where a few people beat both of us to it.

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thunder rising

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:04 PM
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2. Honestly, if what he states is true, I'd make the US Army prove he's obligated. Like dig up the

original contract (the one with the signature) and point to the clause.

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Uncle Joe

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:06 PM
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4. I knew Brokaw was buttering up "The Greatest Generation" with an ulterior motive

Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 09:07 PM by Uncle Joe

in mind, turn in those wheelchairs guys.

Thanks for the thread, babsbunny.

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virgogal

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:08 PM
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6. Jeez ! My generation was drafted----are they going to be called

up too?

The Geezer Squad ??????

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MADem

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Fri Jan-02-09 09:09 PM
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7. I don't get that "option of leaving the Army without retirement" bit

What a convoluted way of saying he dropped his letter. I'm assuming this guy was commissioned? The article doesn't say....

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formercia

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Sat Jan-03-09 11:00 AM
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8. When old people are called to War

the end is near.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkssturm

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