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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Jeff Shultz
date: 2006-02-02 23:30:48
subject: Re: Pentagon Study - Army stretched to breaking point

From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:20:01 -0500, Rich Gauszka wrote:

>  Stop Loss will skew some of the percentages since one can't get out ( I
> don't know how much )
>
> Stop Loss is still bullshit. It's not part of your enlistment contract
> paragraph 10a
> 'If this is my initial enlistment, I must serve a total of eight (8)
> years. Any part of that service not served on active duty must be served
> in a Reserve Component, unless I am sooner discharged.'
>
> .

I'm too busy to look it up... isn't there something about serving
"upon the needs of the Secretary of the Army" in there as well?

I wonder how many of the Stop Lossed types are over their 8 - or if they
are just grousing that they didn't get off active duty after 4 like they
intended to?

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