Army's failure to meet recruiting goal means...

...the continuing of "Stop-Loss". The impact of the Army's failure to meet their recruiting goal will be felt wide and I has reached not only active duty troops, but the National Guard, and Reserves as well. Ask yourself, do I know someone in the Army? In the National Guard? In the Reserves? They have all missed their FY '05 recruiting goals. A representative of the Department of Defense has stated that due to the Army's (and National Guard and Reserves) short fall on their recruiting goal they will have to continue the practice of "Stop-Loss"?

What is Stop-Loss you ask? The Army prevents people assigned to Military Units that are notified of potential deployments from getting out of the military. If you sign up for four years, and are notified that your unit will deploy, you can not leave the Army at the end of your contract. You sign up for four years. You serve four years. But you are still in the Army for sometimes past one and a half years past your initial enlistment.

Those average, normal, everyday men and women that have volunteered to serve their country and their State have been strung up by the Government. Why is the State militia fighting a foreign war? They are not a National body, yet they are being used and abused as such. Why is there no protest? Why haven't you called/e-mailed/wrote your Congressman to ask this quesiton?

It is not a time of War, because Congress NEVER declared war. So, what have you done for your fellow man?

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