Stop Loss...

[Strings]

>anyone amiused that the guy bringing up the epic film is about as likely to encounter stop loss in his life as i am to wear high heels and makeup<

Odd... I didn't know Tec was in the military. I thought he was a college student...

[johnster999]

It doesn't look very good to me. Think I'll pass.

[RocketMan]

hey if i shaved em i got great legs

Send pics to fistful.  He's supposed to vet them.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

if i showed em once i'd never get him to stop bothering me....

[Strings]

HAVE you ever gotten him to stop bothering you? If so, EVERYBODY here would like to know your secret!

[Perd Hapley]

I was almost stop-lossed.  I did whine about it, but only in private.  I did nothing to try to get out of it. 

[Mabs2]

Seems like the movie will portray cowboy hat wearers as violent, perverted drunkards.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

I considered enlisting after high school.  One of the big reasons I decided not to was the nature of the contract.  Reading the fine print, it was clear that the Army could keep me active for as long as it wanted even though the contract was nominally for 4 years of active service and 4 years of inactive.  It was essentially an open ended deal.  No thanks. 

I even asked the recruiter if I could negotiate to have that part of the contract removed.  He looked at me like I had suddenly grown three heads.

Anyone being stop-lossed has no business complaining.  It was right there in the contract you read and signed.  If you had a problem with the terms, the you should have done what I did and not signed it.

[James Fitzer]

I got recalled, did a tour, and did it honorably...

Therefore, I believe I DO have the right to whine about it :-p


But seriously... these kids should get their whining done, get it over with, and then show up and do their duty honorably. Like my entire platoon did (all of us were IRRs)


Then I went and re-upped :-S   *smackhead*

[Balog]

I enlisted in '04, and it was very clearly ponted out to me, several times, that the total contract length was 8 years.

[Uncle Bubba]

Anyone being stop-lossed has no business complaining.  It was right there in the contract you read and signed.

Precisely, and just as othershave pointed out in slightly different words elsewhere in this thread, Tommy. That's what pissed me off in the trailers for the film. The guy says, "I honored my end of the contract and I expect the military to honor theirs.", or words to that effect. Tough titty, moron. Too bad you didn't know what you were getting into, and it's your own fault you didn't.

The film is Hollywood anti-military and anti-war propaganda foisted on the public in the guise of entertainment. Period.