Word: re-enlistment
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...spouses of servicemen and servicewomen to escape punishment for crimes committed abroad. Green's lawyers (as well as several military-law experts) have maintained that MEJA was never intended to cover cases like his, but, in August, U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell upheld its constitutionality. Green has offered to re-enlist in the Army and face a court-martial, but that request has also been denied...
...Zogby poll has an answer to this: only 2% of respondents said they would not have joined the military if gays were allowed to serve openly. That translates to a loss of about 4,000 service members per year - the same number of gays and lesbians who decline to re-enlist because of "Don't ask, don't tell" or who are discharged under the policy. That calculation means keeping or repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" would be a wash in terms of numbers. It forces a question we have postponed for 15 years: Do we want...
...only are we expanding the availability of child care," Geren said, "but we're reducing the cost and looking at ways to deliver it both on post and off-post." Nowadays, it seems, Pentagon recruiters have a new adage. "You enlist an individual," they like to say, "but you re-enlist the family...
...enroll at a local junior college. That's where he charmed his wife Erika with his handsome face, his goofy grin and a boyish obsession with ThunderCats cartoons and X-Men comic books. But by 2006, with a new baby boy named Keoni in the house, he decided to re-enlist. He hoped a career in the military would provide a stable income for his family. He arrived in Baghdad last October and was promoted to sergeant and squad leader. Two weeks later, he came into an enemy sniper's sights in Baghdad while leading a patrol. His squad fights...
...troops have already been trained by Western forces since 2003, and many already accompany NATO troops on the ground. But the attrition rate hovers at around 15%, and as the first trained battalions near the end of their three-year commitment, there is a fear that few will re-enlist. Though soldiers recently received a raise in their minuscule salaries - from $70 to $100 a month - many complain that it still isn't enough to support a family. Others, concerned about the worsening security situation, are reluctant to join the army knowing that there is no one left to protect...