Actually, when you sign up to be an officer in the military, you sign up for
life, you are inactive but, not retired or discharged.  That's one of the
big differences between signing up as enlisted and signing up as an officer.


Beth t the OT
(first Gulf War, non combantant veteran)

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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:16 PM
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Subject: From The Christian Science Monitor

As soldiers get their tours involuntarily extended and the casualties mount
up, there are disturbing trend in the military:


http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1216/p01s01-usmi.html

I saw an episode on 60 Minutes the other week that made me angry - the Army
called back a disabled Gulf War pilot who'd been honorably discharged on
disability.  They told him he had to serve, no matter if he were disabled or
not and couldn't even lift 30 lbs.  I sincerely hope the Army doctors ended
up disqualifying him from active duty.  There were other examples of
formerly commissioned officers who had officially signed discharges that
were told the discharges were invalid.  Makes me wonder if the Dept of
Defense is desperate.

Kat