Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) - Army

As I have written before, I believe what Matthis is doing is a noble thing. He could easily be "laying low" and the Army would never notice. Instead, he is standing up and being vocal for what he believes. My experience is the numbers he is quoting about those who do not show up are probably accurate. Many have just decided to "blow off" the orders and the Army is too screwed up to care. They also know that if they start physically hauling people in, the news cycle will be so anti military that the Army will never get another recruit. Good luck ... Read Full Story

Another sad story of an Individual Ready Reservist being yanked out of his home in the back door draft. The really sad part is that most of the Country stopped caring a long time ago. They do not care about the war, they do not, for the most part, care about the soldiers who are dying and they certainly do not care about the civilians being drafted and dragged back to active duty. Read: Reservist called to redeploy - SGVTribune.com . You can also read this very nice letter that Michael Stiteler's wife wrote to their Congressman. The definitive way to stop the war ... Read Full Story

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