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Recruiting!

Only one of my guys made it into the military today. The other was a wash. Shhhhh..... it happens.

I saw these articles last night when I was blogging away. The first is this one, which I will attack first.

Damn right the NG is having trouble. They have been telling their people for years that they can be a weekend warrior, never to to war, and never do anything other than go to college and drill once during the summer.

MY HOW THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED. Yep, it is time to tell the truth boys. It is ok. People who are joining the army are joining to fight. If you are recruiting for the NG, just tell the kids that you are more than likely going on a deployment to the Big Sandbox, and then you get all of the benefits of being in the NG. People will appreciate it! Hell, they might even join.

The next one is this. I pretty much don't mind the article, but there are a few lines that bother me. First one...

"It's another indication of very poor planning for this whole war against Iraq," said Lawrence Korb, a former assistance defense secretary.

This freaking Yayhoo was a defense secretary from 81-85. I love it when people from 20 years ago let their opinions be known. You have no freaking clue about anything buddy. I have his Bio here. You can see that he has been at the Center for American Progress. From their homepage, you can see that they are a liberal whacko group. At least go to people who are in the know about troop levels and not who will give you the soundbite that you want. Assclown reporter.

The National Guard and Reserve soldiers make up at least one-third of the 135,000 American troops in Iraq.

At least 22 citizen soldiers died, nearly one-third of all U.S. losses in May. As a percentage of the month's death toll, that is about double what it had been in most previous months of the war. It also shows that the Guard and Reserve are bearing an increasing combat load.

Hmmmm... balance. Wow. 33% of the forces on the ground are reservists (notice how they are being more and more called "Citizen Soldiers" than reservists. I guess they are trying to get support for the reserves) and 33% of the casualties are reservists. Damn.... balance. It is amazing how a bullet/bomb, etc does not look at your affiliation to branch before it goes off.

Among the 22 citizen soldiers (there it is again) killed in May was Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney, of the Illinois Army National Guard. At age 59, he was the oldest soldier to die in Iraq since the invasion began.

Chaney, of Schaumburg, Ill., died May 18 at a U.S. military hospital in Germany of complications following surgery for a noncombat related condition that he developed while in Iraq. (bolds mine)

Poor guy. He died from a NON-COMBAT RELATED INJURY FOLKS!!! I know most do not read once they see his age, but it was in a hospital, in Germany, not dealing with combat. Amazing. May God rest your soul, brother.

Last one... from the KC Star (registration req'd go to BugMeNot.com for username and Pword). It is from the homeland, Illinois. It goes into the Solomon Act. Take it or leave it. It is what is bringing the Don't ask, don't tell policy back to the mainstream.

I say take it. The Supreme Court needs to butt out on this one. The Act basically says, "support us, or we won't support you". No ifs, ands or buts. If you want money from the federal Gov't, then you need to support the federal government policies. The people (through the legislation) said they wanted this, the president signed it. If it was not for Marbury v. Madison, there would be nothing for the Supreme Court to say. I say that needs to be repealed prior to the Solomon Act being overturned.

Militantpundit posted @ 10:11 PM

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Sorry your one guy didn't make the cut.

Posted by loboinok @ 10:25 PM, May 04, 2005

Thank you, my brother, for what you do. Agree, or disagree with every single issue on a one-by-one basis, I am so thankful for my recruiter and the far-left extremists need to be thankful for yours, mine and Jay's recruiters for their right to spew their hatred and filth. God Bless you guys and may the ones who've laid their lives down for our great Democracy RIP.

Posted by The GTL™ @ 8:03 AM, May 07, 2005

I served for 20 years. My younger brother is approaching his 32nd year of service. My son has embarked on his military career.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this in American, thank a soldier.

As for the ACLU, they can go pound salt.

Posted by Sailor @ 10:21 AM, May 08, 2005