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...former Congressman with a civil-service pension, Social Security, a military reservist's pension and a federal widower's annuity might collect $110,000 in total government income...
Twice in my life, in 1967 and again in 1973, I saw the face of war as a reservist soldier, first in Sinai and then in the Golan Heights. That experience turned me into a peace activist, but not into a pacifist ready to turn the other cheek to an enemy. If anyone tries to take my life or the life of my people, I will fight. I will fight if anyone tries to enslave us, but nothing short of the defense of life and freedom could make me take up arms. "National interest," "ancestral rights" and an extra bedroom...
...stamp out sexual harassment. Acting Navy Secretary Daniel Howard last week ordered a service-wide stand-down so that all personnel can devote a full day to sexual-harassment training. And on Capitol Hill four women recounted tales of sexual harassment to a Senate panel. Jacqueline Ortiz, an Army reservist, told of being "forcibly sodomized" by Sergeant David Martinez while serving in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. When she reported the attack to her superiors, she was ignored. Last week the Army belatedly charged Martinez with sexual assault...
...exception is Pvt. Sam Lwin, who intends to be the first reservist to plead innocent to a desertion charge. The 21-year-old college student, born in Burma and raised in New York City, had seen posters promising adventure and job training...
...society we have decided through Congress and the president we are going to have an all-volunteer force," said Lt. Col. John Atkinson, director of Camp Lejeune's legal services and himself a reservist...