15 months
U.S. is Extending Tours of Army in Battle Zones from 12 months to 15. This isn't 15 months in college, or a factory job, or office work.
This is 15 months in the desert. A desert where 3,294 soldiers have been killed and 24,476 have been wounded.
It's a volunteer army, but I guarantee you that those young people picking up free pens and mouse pads from recruiters in the high school cafeteria had no idea they were volunteering for this.
2 comments:
Oh, dude. I'm with you all the way on this one.
My great nephew, age 21, is a marine doing his 3rd tour. At 19, he was going door to door in Fallujah, looking for whatever/whoever it is that soldiers look for on those patrols.
My twin sons are just 8 days younger than Jon, and I faced down a recruiter to keep one of them from signing up. I hate war, and I'm not a big fan of the military in general...
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