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what does the word cohersion mean?
I'm thinking coersion, but who knows?
Here we have it, proof of the claim by Ruby in previous threads that our military is FORCED into joining and forced to commit crimes against humanity.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_us/army_recruiting_bonus
I love the line about the staggering unemployment in South Carolina, what was it? 5.9 %.....
We roll our eyes every time we hear the term ‘re-enlistment brief.’ Ugh. Since before we deployed, we’ve been collectively forced to attend a meeting every few months where some dude lays out the news: stay in the Army, and you’ll be handsomely rewarded. $15,000, college time, Airborne school, the works. Serve your country for a few more years, come on. They have a big sheet with everyone’s name, kind of like a grocery list. They check yes, no or maybe next to your name. When you tell them no, it was always the same chilly reply: you’ll fail on the outside. You’re just a vet with no skills, who would hire you? Before we left we must have had the lowest re-enlistment rate in the division. The only people convinced to re-enlist were those with families, who couldn’t risk getting out and suddenly not having a monthly check and health insurance. For the single guys, forget about it. Three or four years were enough for us. I knew the military life wasn’t for me.
Before we left Baghdad, the re-enlistment briefs got a little more disturbing. Instead of letting you know what a bum you’ll become if you leave the Army after your enlistment, they put it in simple terms: if you don’t re-enlist, you’ll be thrown in 5th Brigade, the Stryker unit on Ft. Lewis that was being stood up, and yes, they were deploying as soon as they could. So you might as well stay where your friends are and come back to Iraq with them. Otherwise, you’ll be taking your chances by getting your ass stop-lossed and sent to Iraq in as little as six months to a year after you returned. Better off with the sure thing. Here’s a pen, junior. If you got out after July 2008, you were screwed. I, on the other hand, was in the clear since I was getting out at the end of 2007. The options were re-enlist, extend to meet the unit’s needs, or take no action. I checked take no action, which meant my name would be added to the pool of possible candidates for 5th Brigade. No matter. It was of no consequence if I separated from the Army in 3rd or 5th Brigade. A lot of us were in that boat. Still, it spooked us that someone could come to us with a list and a smile and say in so many words that we were fucked into another deployment unless we added years to our contracts. In short, the thanks we got for serving our country was being forced into a game of Russian Roulette. Take the risk, pull the trigger. See what happens.
Month thirteen into our deployment and someone is getting desperate. They pick the best times to hold these briefs. We just spent a week straight in western Baqubah, where the explosions haven’t let up since Operation Arrowhead Ripper began weeks ago. Mercifully they brought us in for 48 hours to sleep in a bed in lieu of a muggy rooftop. The next morning a certain group was to meet for a re-enlistment brief. Those selected had the same thing in common: they all said no to re-enlistment at one time, and they all are set to get out of the Army from October 2008 to around October 2009. Privates to Specialists to Staff Sergeants, all in the same sinking boat of deceit. They were told that those not re-enlisting would receive orders to a new unit 24 hours after returning to Ft. Lewis. In a month they would be going to another post after fifteen months of time spent in Iraq, to a unit that could be deploying in the next sixty days! That meant either an Airborne unit or a regular light infantry outfit, meaning Bradleys or Humvees (which have a poor track record against wired propane tanks and landmines buried in the road). So here’s the deal, clear cut:
Re-Enlist
College Time
Bonus Money
We Love You
Don’t Re-Enlist
30 Out of The Next 32 Months Spent In Iraq
Humvee or Bradley Unit
You’re Going To Die
After all of this, I consider myself lucky. If I had joined the Army nine months later, I’d be at a crossroads. Those not so lucky are facing a fifteen month tour either way. Whether or not they stay with this unit, go to be a recruiter or drill sergeant, or just take their chances, is up to them. Shoot yourself in the foot or stab yourself in the hand. Oh, the possibilities.
Here we have it, proof of the claim by Ruby in previous threads that our military is FORCED into joining and forced to commit crimes against humanity.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_re_us/army_recruiting_bonus
I love the line about the staggering unemployment in South Carolina, what was it? 5.9 %.....
Here we have it, proof of the claim by Ruby in previous threads that our military is FORCED into joining and forced to commit crimes against humanity.
lol
what does the word "coersion" mean?
coercion, perhaps?
Damn or is that dam? My bad!
Yes yes, when one has no real input or has lost they always resort to spelling errors. Now of course if this board had a spell checker that actually helps you we might have less of them. But I am sure our liberal intelligensia , Maineman, Larkinn and all that bunch never misspell a word ever. Being our betters and all.
There are a host of words I do not know how to spell. And you all will just have to decipher my horrible english unless an online correction program is added to this board.
You could install a word processing program on your computer and run a local spellcheck first, then cut&paste it into the Message-box of the board, if you think its a big problem, the whole spelling thing. Maybe you wont lose as often in your debate-offs if you do?
Ohh I see, we lose because of spelling errors, not content. Damn I wasn't aware of that. I better get right on it.
Yes yes, when one has no real input or has lost they always resort to spelling errors.
eusa_wallYes yes, when one has no real input or has lost they always resort to spelling errors. Now of course if this board had a spell checker that actually helps you we might have less of them. But I am sure our liberal intelligensia , Maineman, Larkinn and all that bunch never misspell a word ever. Being our betters and all.
There are a host of words I do not know how to spell. And you all will just have to decipher my horrible english unless an online correction program is added to this board.
Talking about yourself in the singular instead of the plural might help you lose less as well.
Sure thing mister " I am smarter then all you guys" and not afraid to say so. So why DO you slum down here with all us retards and morons? Make you feel better? Help you sleep at night , having shown us dumb people that at least one smart guy can spend time amongst us?
I am not smarter than everyone here. I am, however, smarter than you. Get the distinction, dumbass? And I come here because I enjoy debates, and sometimes I get decent ones. With you its perpetually futile however.
Sure thing MISTER " I am so smart I go to classes you would never get in". And your not interested in Debates at all, your interested in telling everyone what to think and believe and showing us all how wrong we are for not just licking up your shit like candy.
I wasn't calling myself smart, I was calling you stupid. And really, please explain how you know what I am interested in? Ah yes...you don't and are making unfounded assertions...yet again.
