In These Times

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• • 13 Jan 06
  • 5:55 pm

  Thanks for posting this article on a subject that is, well, near and dear to my heart. I, like the subjects of the article, am a 1998 Army commissionee. The Army has been deceitful and disloyal about its use of the IRR from the get go. There has been no slowing down of IRR recalls, rather they have spaced them out after the recall en masse fiasco in the summer of 2004. In other words, calling back a couple of dozen guys here and there, spread over 50 states, goes unnoticed by the public at lrage. LTC Pamela Hart is a …

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• • 14 Jan 06
  • 2:53 pm

  Catlions, There is no "distortion" of history in this piece reagrding past use of the IRR. IRR soldiers were NEVER put "on the front lines" in the first Gulf war. Such an assertion is patently false. I don't care how much "GI Rights counseling" you've done - you are wrong. Mr. Hayes has written a wonderful piece that is factually and technically accurate. I know several of the individuals quoted in the article, particularly Kevin O' Meara. For your education, I am providing an AAR from an IRR recall Infantry platoon during Gulf War I. In 90-91, IRR recalls were formed …

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