Friday, August 22, 2008

Worst news possible

Well at the beginning of the month or so, I went to go get my ETS orders from the Army. It was at that point that transitions told me that my unit was on Stop loss/Stop movement, and that I was not going to be able to get out of the military. After talking to a couple lawyers, they basically told me I had received the short end of the stick, so I talked to my brother, to have him call my congressman to get me outta this. This being me going to Iraq for the third time. So as of today, the 22nd of August, on the day I was supposed to get out of the Army, I am stuck working to try to get out of Colorado sooner. The sooner I leave Colorado, the sooner I get back from Iraq, and the sooner I can get out of the Army. Thinking that maybe Ive done enough, with being away from the States 3 out of the last 6 years, more importantly, Ive been away from family and friends longer. Its time for me to hang up the boots and walk away but it looks like that won't happen for another year.