Posted on 02/16/2005 1:16:42 PM PST by illbill
BRANCACCIO: NOW on PBS, America's military is looking for a few good men… actually, more than a few. Some call it the "back door draft," and it's a shock for many who'd thought they'd left the military behind.
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Everything was clearly stated in their enlistment papers when they signed on the dotted line. Back in 1977 when I joined the Air Force I was told that even though I was enlisting for 4 years, I was obligated to Uncle Sam for 6. So there was a period of two year where I was on inactive reserve (no monthly meetings, no paycheck) and could have been called back to active duty in case of a national emergency.
Guess what? We have a national emergency.
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