[Docbarleypop]

i just got my walking papers, and breathed a hefty sigh of relief, so i do empathize with this guy, however, i kept my bags packed (actually they still are) incase i was called back up, and thats after spending 8 years forward deployed the entire time minus schools. got to read what you are signing, its an 8 year commitment in the contract not 4. no way should it be a "backdoor draft" Now retired battleship sailors that got "asked" to come back for the 1st Gulf War may have an issue.

[Ginifer]

When you enlist you sign papers and in those papers it stipulates what is required during your time of enlistment. For those of us who did serve, completed our commitment, and didn't constantly whine about where we were assigned this guy and others like him makes us sick. The military basically is a quid pro quo - you serve and you get benefits for college tuition, medical/dental coverage, housing allowance, etc. Don't enlist if you can't or won't fulfill your obligations.