Veiled Threats from the PA National Guard (My 1st Diary)

earnersparks

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 1:28 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 13:28

My husband spent four years in the Army (5/2000-5/2004) and was lucky to get out without having to go to Iraq, although he did have to go to Kosovo and Afghanistan. He spent that time in the Army repaying his ROTC scholarship. He had the scholarship because his parents could not afford to send him to college, you see his Dad spent a career as a non-commissioned officer in the Navy and my husband's family was on food stamps for a large portion of his childhood. Due to the fact that he had that scholarship, he is still indebted to the Army for four more years in the Individual Ready Reserve.

Neither my husband, nor I ever supported this war. My husband was eager to get out of the Army after serving for four years as an officer in the Infantry. He wanted to start saving lives instead of taking them, and so now he is applying to medical school. Hopefully, he will be starting next fall.

I write all of this to put into context the letter he received this morning. Read More

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