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2010-02-13 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-13 11:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 good riddance

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-13 12:36|| 2010-02-13 12:36|| Front Page Top

#2 And from the mother:

Ms. Hughes has heard some of that criticism firsthand. People have said to me: She signed this contract. Shes supposed to go. Thats her first priority, Ms. Hughes said. My response is: I dont think so. This is her child. This is her family. This is her priority. The military is a job.

NY Times article.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 13:19|| 2010-02-13 13:19|| Front Page Top

#3 now she can draw regular welfare benefits instead of whining and bitching. how many soldiers had too leave their kids too serve and never came back. too hell with the bitch

Posted by CHRIS 2010-02-13 16:08|| 2010-02-13 16:08|| Front Page Top

#4 BESOEKER, HOW YA BEEN ? DID YALL GET SNOW DOWN YOU WAY BY THE WAY THIS FUNKY SKUNK OR RABID WHAITETAIL FELLOW ga boy

Posted by chris 2010-02-13 16:09|| 2010-02-13 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 trailing wife dont ban me again i leannt my lesson and will behave

Posted by chris 2010-02-13 16:11|| 2010-02-13 16:11|| Front Page Top

#6 chris dear, as long as you behave I won't feel even the slightest temptation to ban you, I promise. On the contrary, it makes me proud when someone chooses to learn from experience. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-13 18:08|| 2010-02-13 18:08|| Front Page Top

#7 *sigh* As heart-wrenching as it is ... being a professional military person means that you have to leave your family. For months, and (historically) sometimes years at a time. How mothers work this equation? It really is up to the mother. I took a year-long tour in Greenland when my daughter was 2 years old. Lucky me - I had already had a one-year suspension from an unaccompanied tour of duty, starting from the birth of my daughter in January of 1980. IIRC the AF personnel center allowed this routinely, citing the special bond between a mother and child. After that period - sorry, if I couldn't care for my child (or arrange care) and still fulfill my military duties - then the AF would have no more need of my services, thank you very much.
The military may be a "job," and one of those which offers adventure, honor, bennies and a nice pension at the end of it - but it is also one of those "jobs" which require one to take every effort to get your life and personal responsibilities in order before you embark upon it. Ms. Hughes has failed to live up to her side of the bargain. Good f***ing riddance.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2010-02-13 20:37|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2010-02-13 20:37|| Front Page Top

#8 i leannt my lesson and will behave

Meh. I give it three months.

Maybe.

Posted by Pappy 2010-02-13 20:58|| 2010-02-13 20:58|| Front Page Top

#9 The military is a job. 

No, working for Burger King or Walmart is a job - being in the military is a commitment. If you're not up to that commitment, don't join.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-02-13 21:10|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-13 21:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Any other 'job', to include our police and firemen, can walk in tomorrow and turn in their papers. The Constitution, Article 1 Section 8, grants Congress the power and authority to make a separate law for those who serve in the military. You can not 'quit'. You can not go on strike. You do not retain the 'rights' of other citizens. And as the paper you sign and the oath you swear before others you do so "without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion".

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-13 21:51|| 2010-02-13 21:51|| Front Page Top

#11 The Army goes rolling along. Theres many who don't complete their entire commitment for a huge variety of reasons. Death, illness, mental incapacity, injury, winning the lottery. Next!

Posted by Marilyn Thrineper8949 2010-02-13 22:20|| 2010-02-13 22:20|| Front Page Top

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