[goldstategop]

Idiot. The military doesn't exist for your personal whims. If its too hard for you to report when you are called up to service, you should think twice about joining. Some people are still unfamiliar with military life in this country.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Curious; Why didn’t we elect her president ?

[Mrs.Z]

Exactly.

Sounds like she thought she was UNIONIZED labor and should strike if she didn’t like the job.

[ThunderStruck94]

I do have mixed feelings about this. I am a 39 year old Navy Pilot (Will be a CDR within a year) and I just got back from a ground job in Fallujah this past Feb. I was deployed for most of 2006 in a flying capacity in the Med. I came back from deployment late Dec and was sent to Iraq duty the following April as an IA. I am highly capable and well trained in aviation and naval tactics. I was put into a job in Iraq that had little to do with anything I am trained to do and could have easily been covered by a mid-level NCO. Keep in mind that you the taxpayer pay me a $25,000 a year aviation bonus and $840 extra a month for aviation career incentive pay in addition to my base pay (trust me, I am not hurting). Plus, I am income tax free for last year and probably this year with all of the tax benefits I received. I am glad that I got to go to Iraq and I had a blast, but I am mature enough to question the use of resources. Seems like we are hurting for force expansion in the Army and the Marine Corps when a guy like me has to be involuntarily placed into a ground job that could be covered by a more cost effective method. Maybe we have too many people in the Navy? Didn't seem like the Navy missed me at all. Anyway, the Iraq experience was very positive for me.

[Non-Sequitur]

Some people are still unfamiliar with military life in this country.

How familiar are you?