NPR: Military Blogger Wrestles With Stop-Loss

Military Blogger Wrestles With Stop-Loss

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At our house, we've been following a military blogger from Missouri from a while. He signed up for duty after 9-11, and now he can't get out. He writes that his situation might as well be an ad for Stop-Loss, the new movie about troops whose combat tours are being repeatedly extended. The Man from Missouri writes about his time in the Army Reserve:

Not saying it isn't an institution I am proud to have served with, or full of people I am proud to have served with BUT... I feel like I have done my part, that this NCO has given enough time and service to his nation. Remember, I never wanted to make a 20+ year career out of the military, I wanted to serve my nation, fight the g*****n Islamic Terrorist movement that had killed my friends and attacked my country, and then get out and live a normal life again.

Laura Conaway

8:21 AM ET | 04- 7-2008 | permalink

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