Posted on 10/25/2004 10:14:35 AM PDT by LouAvul
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The U.S. Army captain who filed an injunction to block his deployment to Iraq will not have to report for duty Monday, and the military has one week to decide whether to approve his resignation.
Capt. Jay Ferriola, 31, appeared in court for an emergency hearing Sunday to decide his fate. Ferriola says he resigned from the Army Reserve in June after eight years of service, including four years of active duty.
Ferriola received orders last week to report for active duty with the 306th Military Police Battalion in Uniondale, New York. The lawsuit says the unit will serve in Iraq for a year and a half on a "dangerous mission in Iraq."
Ferriola filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming lack of due process, involuntary servitude and breach of contract.
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resign the COWARD to the brig making small rocks out of big ones.
That is the most he deserves
Can you say STOP...LOSS......
That spineless pile-o-crap deserves to be locked up and tortured daily for the rest of his life for his cowardice and lack of commitment to his country and freedom.
My thought exactly. Doesn't stop loss apply to everyone, enlisted and commissioned alike?
Thank you for fixing my mistake.
Oh I don't know. Look out for "Jay Ferriola" in the 2008 Democrat Primaries.
If this officer had 4 years active, 4 years active reserve
he has fulfilled his obligation unless he has signed up for
another 4 years in the reserves.
Anyone know the details?
Critical AFSC.....or that is what we call them in the AF. Besides there is the fine print in our contracts.
Before I get criticized, I was an ROTC graduate in 1975 and spent four years on active duty.
I think the question is: does stop loss apply to the inactive reserves?
If he attempted to resign his (reserve) commission in June, then there really is no reason for him to be called up.
On first glance, I'm tempted to side with the Captain on this one. That is assuming stop loss does not apply to inactive reserves, and that he attempted to resign his commission before he was notified of activation.
As a sidenote, I know it may seem unfair that officers can resign their commissions after their commitment is up, and the enlisted have to wait out their enlistment - but that is how it is and has been for 200+ years.
Noone, no matter the critical skills has a lifetime obligation to our military. Once the contract is carried out
and the eight years of total obligation is full filled one
is home free.
Military duty is not a lifetime sentence.
Coward. Chicken sh*t, pantywaisted girly-boy. POS. Whiner. Who's going to protect you when your terrorist allies turn on you?
Why doesn't the military just ignore all resignations indefinitely? That would be great for voluntarism! Nothing here shows that this officer has in any way been dishonorable, if the rules are ambiguous, he has grounds to seek clarification. The only thing I would question was whether he had any intent to embarass the Army with this public appeal.
He signed the contract that allows the military to do this knowing full well they could do it, he is obligated to do it!
Bull Sh*t! This man served his time/obligation and has a right to resign and get on with his life.
We have a lot of couch commandoes whose only battle in life
is trying to tear the bag of chips open.
Be warned that if this guy is ever quoted again by the media, appears with Hanoi John Boy or on a cable news network to diss the war on terror and or the president, or if he allows himself to become the new antwar poster boy, there' is no reason to respect anything about him or to do anything but deride him. Only time and his actions will tell.
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