Re-enlistment News
From My Way News (AP):Despite the shrapnel wounds Staff Sgt. William Pinkley suffered during his tour in Iraq, the 26-year-old is joining other soldiers who are re-enlisting at rates that exceed the retention goals set by the Pentagon.
As of March 31 - halfway through the Army's fiscal year - 28,406 soldiers had signed on for another tour of duty, topping the six-month goal of 28,377. The Army's goal is to re-enlist 56,100 soldiers by the end of September.
Pinkley re-enlisted for three more years, citing the camaraderie and the challenge of a new assignment.
Matt's Chat
Doesn't sound like we need a draft to me. And it sure doesn't sound like this is a "death tax." These guys are great Americans! Thanks for getting it done...Mark's Remarks
As usual, Schmucks like Rangel and Co. are full of garbage...they do not give our men and women enough credit.....They are doing the job, and doing it well, despite the venomous attacks of those who care only for their own power grabbing, who really don't care about soldiers......As evidenced in an antiwar mob in California outside a military base....A wife of a soldier came out and asked them, 'why are you doing this? You know what you are doing to us and our children? We have loved ones over there, don't you know how this affects them?' She was shouted down by people more concerned with looking hip and being cool protesting than by people who gave a darn about her husband or the family he is leaving behind. Reprehensible, and it shows you what the protesters really care about: the sounds of their own voices.
