http://www.metafilter.com/tags/JustWorldNews Posts tagged with 'JustWorldNews' at MetaFilter. Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:58:31 -0800 Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:58:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30470/Stop%2DLoss%2DOrders%2DIts%2Dnot%2Dyour%2DPresidents%2DNational%2DGuard <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36979-2003Dec28?language=printer" title=>Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting</a> <em>According to their contracts, expectations and desires, all three soldiers should have been civilians by now. But Fontaine and Costas are currently serving in Iraq, and Eagle has just been deployed. On their Army paychecks, the expiration date of their military service is now listed sometime after 2030 -- the payroll computer's way of saying, "Who knows?" The three are among thousands of soldiers forbidden to leave military service under the Army's "stop-loss" orders, intended to stanch the seepage of troops, through retirement and discharge, from a military stretched thin by its burgeoning overseas missions.</em> As Helena Cobham <a href="http://justworldnews.org/archives/000402.html" title="The draft that dares not speak its name">notes</a>, <em>They don't want to call it a draft but it sure ain't your father's "all-volunteer military" any more...</em> <a href="http://acrossriver.blogspot.com">Marine's Girl</a>, Cobham's <a href="http://justworldnews.org/archives/000358.html" title="Marine's Girl being silenced-- or not? Folks-- Marine's Girl, who has been writing a great blog for the past 5-plus weeks that provides ''Insight on being the girl friend of a Marine in Iraq. Opinions of news items of the day, politics, and relationships'' is being... ">cause</a> <a href="http://justworldnews.org/archives/000367.html" title="Marine's Girl : new format - She's back! If you've missed Marine's Girl and her wonderful, fresh writing; and if you followed her harrowing story of how some random and mean-spirited old cyber-harrasser guy intimidated her into slamming the door shut on most of her great earlier content-- then you should hurry on over to Across the River, the new group blog that she's started up with a couple of friends.">celebre</a> of some time ago, writes about stop-loss <a href="http://acrossriver.blogspot.com/2003_12_14_acrossriver_archive.html#107155793050808282" title="''He has a promotion coming based on his service in Iraq so I'm very proud of that. A new rank! He didn't re-enlist which was my greatest fear. I can deal with unit stop-loss as that can be lifted anytime, its the re-enlistment that I did NOT want to deal with.''">here</a> and <a href="http://acrossriver.blogspot.com/2003_12_14_acrossriver_archive.html#107190301743904661" title="When he heard my voice he started crying and I cried with him, we got it worked out but he was stubborn and had this worked out in his head that it was the best for me. So formal he was on ICQ, not his normal self but after we cried on the phone...he melted back down to normal. Come to find out, he said the counselor suggested this ''not dragging me along anymore'' might be best. I asked him if they have been after him to re-enlist again, he said they had been offering him alot of things but he told them he had a better offer from me, as we planned to marry and be a family. Now a lightbulb went off for me...what are the chances they would want me out of the way then so he would re-enlist? He just got a promotion so the pressure is on again as they can't hold him forever on stop-loss but seems like they are sure trying.">here</a>. See also<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/cda/article/print/0,1674,36%257E53%257E1860164,00.html" title="Amid ongoing conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere, the U.S. Army Reserve is starting to have trouble hanging on to citizen soldiers."> Army reservists choosing to be citizens, not soldiers</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30470 Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:58:31 -0800 army ArmyReserves brokenlink HelenaCobham JustWorldNews military NationalGuard politics soldiers StopLoss USA war WashingtonPost y2karl