If You Think Things Can't Get Any Worse, You Have No Imagination
The 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard recently ended a 22-month tour of duty in Iraq, the longest deployment of any ground-combat unit in the Armed Forces. Many of its members returned home, looking forward to using education benefits under the GI bill.
For example, John Hobot, a platoon leader, said, "I would assume, and I would hope, that when I get back from a deployment of 22 months, my senior leadership in Washington, the leadership that extended us in the first place, would take care of us once we got home." It's not working that way.
The Guard troops have been told that in order to be eligible for the education benefits they expect, they had to serve 730 days in Iraq. They served 729.
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3 Comments
Post a CommentJoanna -
Yes, it is the unfortunate truth, but I have not done a follow up on this article. It is definitely worth learning what came of it. I will post my findings.
- attic4fester
I can't get over that. That's not cool at all. Can they protest that? I mean, surely something can be done. This is true, right?
Well, crap. That sucks... big time.