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Let him stay home.
They ought to give him the exemption, imho.
He's following the process and I suspect the extension he's already received is to permit the process to go through to completion.
On the face of it, sounds like he has a good case--hope it works out for him.
That doesn't sound like a specialty MOS that is hard to fill from other sources. I wonder if another discharged soldier of the same specialty could volunteer to take his place.
I hope this works out for him and his family. Caring for a child with so many special needs has got to be difficult with two parents there...harder still with him gone. It would be incredibly frustrating and worrying for him as a father to be gone, as well.
I hope the extension gets them through long enough to get the exemption granted.
This seems to be what a hardship exemption was established for - I hope he gets it.
Dear Lord, please give this family the strength to overcome any hardships in their way. Their love has molded them. Your love can sustain them. Amen.
Not merely every letter of the law, must be honored by, again, the bosses, the commanders, that is, who have the guts to stand up.
The problems of the Administration, enlisting personnel, are the President's responsibility.
That is so interwoven with American tradtion, our American Heritage, that it escapes him; he who will not uphold our Constitution.
George Bush's R.I.N.O. Cultural Revolution, which is vapors for media consumption, constantly tears away at our worthy heritage and foundations for liberty.
From which birthplace, come men and women who will make a committment and sacrifice much, for peace and freedom.
The President keeps telling people that they must die to the last man, because, read his lips, there will bo no draft ... in the absence of explaining that, for the given manpower, there is only so much that can be done.
That means --- and Syria, Iran, Cuba, Red China, et al are aware of it --- where we are at, is it.
Just swell.
Demands from on high, that you must go to the eastern front, while demands from on high that support the ripping up of the fabric of your home and neighborhood with leftist agendae and other salutations to the socialist caucus on Capitol Hill.
So that they will keep to some dull roar, calling George Bush, "meanspirited."
Certainly, you must go to fight the "Islamic Liberation Front" while federal funds pay for teach your kids about how to fist each other in Homosexual Rearing 1, at your local elementary school back home.
That's really show'n 'em, George; way to stick up for our people going in harm's way.
You need the troops, George, they don't need you.
WTH's the big decision!! The guy's an IRR guy for cryin' out loud. Probably isn't even in "game shape" and has so many other things to worry about that it's laughable for them to not grant a hardship deferment. His little boy's life might be at stake!
Dammit! Stuff like this really annoys me. He should immediately get his congressman involved. It's also not as if this developed while he was serving. There is absolutely not tactical or practical reason why they cannot easily replace him with just about anyone else.
Hardship exemptions are routine in the military, but hardly newsworthy. Anyone showing this might just be someone who is anti-war and is trying to show a sob story for political gain.
Lets send LTE's to our local papers if we see the article there. The more publicity this gets, the better chance he'll be able to stay with his child.
The Army used to make comassionate reassignments and hardship discharges...
I suspect they still do...
Call your congressman...the Red Cross...talk to your Chaplain...
With the proper documentation the military will do right by him
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