Re: [OT] Sevice

You serve at your country's need.  And "getting out" doesn't protect you
- my old Boy Scout leader was a Navy corpsman assigned to PTO (Marines
of
course)in WW2  and than was recalled for Korean War (and almost ended up
in combat again...)  despite wife and kids.  Necessity? His Corpsman
skill...

Gracias,
Glenn

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:28:14 -0800 (PST) Foxx Travis
<lordkalvin2002@yahoo.com> writes:
>That's what I thought.
>
>I few days ago, another friend who just got out of the
>USMC in October said his friends, who had three to six
>months more to go, were not being allowed to leave the
>service, even though their terms were up.  I didn't
>believe it, but then read it in the Wall Street
>Journal.  It's true!!
>--- Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com> wrote:
>> That's like "transferring units home" where the
>> banners/flags/name goes
>> home and the guys who are still there magically
>> become a different unit. 
>> And just as appreciated...
>> Gracias,
>> Glenn
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:16:33 -0800 (PST) Foxx Travis
>> <lordkalvin2002@yahoo.com> writes:
>> >I was talking with a friend from work whose son's
>> >amphibious assault ship was returning for R&R (US
>> >Navy).  But only after off-loading all of the
>> marines
>> >and their equipment onto another ship.
>> >
><<snipped>>
>
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