Disabled Vet Recalled for Iraq Duty

Link:

http://www.military.com/news/article/disabled-vet-recalled-for-iraq-duty.html?col=118603232532

April 18, 2008
Buffalo News
BUFFALO, NY - James Raymond lost the hearing in his left ear while fighting in Afghanistan. The former U.S. Army specialist later suffered a knee injury that required him to be flown back home for surgery.

In September 2004, he was given an honorable discharge and the Department of Veterans Affairs determined that he was 10 percent disabled, enabling him to receive $120 a month for the rest of his life.

So it was much to his surprise April 17 when Raymond -- now a University at Buffalo student -- got a call from his stepfather that he was being deployed again -- to Iraq.

"I thought it was a joke, and then I was shocked," said Raymond, 26, who is from Irondequoit, a suburb of Rochester.

Raymond figured it was all just a big misunderstanding. He thought he would be able to call the Army's human resources department, explain that he is a disabled vet and that they would cancel his redeployment.

That was not the case
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Calling this kid a Pussy and Candy ass.

David Autrey, spokesman for Disabled Veterans of America, said he has heard many reports of disabled vets being called back to duty.

"It all depends on if they were disabled enough to be considered undeployable," he said.

Being 10 percent disabled many not necessarily exempt a vet from being redeployed, Autrey said.

But, he said, it's also not unheard of for vets to be low-balled in their disability rating.

Or awesome?

I'm really not sure.

This is no different than any person in the USA being called up..He did his time he should be done...I would think either there is more to the story or it will go to court.

for duty had been deployed to Iraq. This is just one of those, apparently.

This is just one more thing Stupid has done to us. He has destroyed our military. He has misused and nearly destroyed the National Guard. What we have left will be inadequate to defend this country should the need arise.

This gang of thieves, murderers and empire builders couldn't have destroyed this country more efficiently had that been their stated ambition.

Which means that at last the MSM is paying attention to the abuse of our service members.

Defenestrate

I just say, DRAFT..

Diclotican

Sorry my bad english, not my native language

snip from article...

"When Raymond was discharged, he was told his name would be included on a list of what's called the Individual Readiness Reserve.

He said it was explained to him that "your name goes into a big computer in St. Louis (where the Army's Human Resources Command is based), and unless World War III breaks out, your name is never going to be called."

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With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq dragging on, the Army has been calling up Soldiers in the IRR pool.

Since 2001, 12,226 IRR mobilization orders, both voluntary and involuntary, have been issued. Currently, there are 6,578 IRR Soldiers on active duty, Army officials said.

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Is the frigging Army that desperate? Seems like a back door draft to me!

His tour of duty isn't over til he's dead.

God help us.:cry: