I am in the U.S Army infatnry. I have 60 days left in my enlistment contract or do I. I will be involuntary extended to the needs of the Army. Does this hurt recruitment? When I do get out I will not advise young people to join on the basis that your chances of getting out are very slim. What should be done about this?
2007-02-06 08:20:40 · 5 answers · asked by john d 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I don't think it is a good practice considering the affect on moral but it is legal and spelled out in the contract that we signed.
2007-02-06 08:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately a lot of people do not read their enlistment papers, or if they do, they do not understand what they say.
One section says you will do 4 years active duty and 4 years reserve, subject to recall. You are signing up for 8 years total if that is how long they want you for.
Another section says if you are deployed and your 8 years are up, they can extend you for a short period of time so you rotate home with your unit, rather than you leaving and causing a hole in the unit..
Just because you did not understand what you signed is no reason to act like an anti-recruiter. But if you do complain about this particular aspect of your contract, also mention the sign on bonus, the college funding you will get and all the other benefits that probably induced you to sign up in the first place. You can not have the good stuff without taking the bad. Whining about it accomplishes nothing.
I hope you will enjoy being a civilian, as clearly, you are not career military material.
2007-02-06 08:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the broad definition of what we think of as a "draft" (instead of the exact definition) then yes, it really is. It's almost a kind of slavery, to hold people after their contract. And yes, I think it would hurt recruitment. When you join the military, you sign your life away for a certain amount of time, which you know going into it. But if they keep extending that amount of time without your agreement? NO WAY.
2007-02-06 08:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop-loss is not conscription, so it's not a draft. However, it does keep soldiers unwillingly in the line of duty, and on those grounds it is wrong. Gates has said he disagrees with this practice and will try to tone it down in the future, we'll see but I feel sorry for the soldiers that have been working for a very long time in Iraq.
2007-02-06 08:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now, have you finished the netire time or just the 4 years of active duty. They can legally hold you for the length of the entire time active and inactive. You really should have read the papers before you signed.
P.S.
I think a real soldier could spell infantry, but then thats my idea.
2007-02-06 08:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋