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Originally Posted by Korbain  nooo thats not really right. You join the army, you have to be prepared to stick out what is due. He's a solider, if they need soldiers there, he has signed a bit of paper saying he'll be there for whatever is called of him. Ok fair enough, i do believe its a bit bullshit and they have been fucked over. But you sign up to be prepared for whatever duty your needed for. And he is needed now. i won't disagree with you's to some extent, i do agree its not really fair whats going on there, but in reality, he's a soldier. Soldiers have orders, and he must follow them. I feel bad he had to go that far to get out of it. But maybe he should have thought things through before joining to be a soldier. |
Sort of what JBRoll said, but in a little more depth - the contract he signed stipulates that, while he's always on call, there are restrictions surrounding his mobilization such that when he's sent on active duty, he's guaranteed a tour of duty no longer than X number of months, and he's guarannteed X number of months' leave between tours.
Currently, the federal government is citing insufficient troop levels (brought on no doubt by fighting two nearly unilateral wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, trying ANOTHER troop surge this winter, and the fact there's further speculation brewing that according to General Pace, I believe, Bush is toying with the idea of an additional "surge" if the progress is unsatisfactory when September comes) as reason to both extend tours of duty past what's in the contract soldiers are signing, and cutting short leave to keep troop levels above what the current army enlistment can sustain.
So, let's say you signed a contract stating that I'd give you $50 if I could shoot paintballs at you from 50 feet (close enough to leave bruises) for ten minutes at a time, but I could only do it once every Saturday afternoon. You roll out there, and get pelted, but when ten minutes are up I say, "actually, we can't get enough volenteers to keep the levels we need, so I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to stay out there for a full hour. Oh, and you need to come back tuesday night, too." Would you feel that the contract you signed was being honored?