Hi Kevin,
I think we have chatted a few times. I gave the Xen presentation
recently. I wish you the best of luck and stay out of harms way to
the best of your abilities. Hopefully you wont be totally
incommunicado. Feel free to email me off list if you need someone
else to chat with. Unfortunately I don't know any senators or anything.
Take care
Austin
On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Kevin Faulkner wrote:
> Ok, for some of you that don't know me, I'm the guy that looks like
> I'm 18 that
> usually shows up to East side meetings and almost all the Stamtiches
> (sp?), I
> have a pretty slim build and I'm about 6 feet tall, I am single...
> OH I also
> like long walks on the beach :) heh. I also used to be in the army,
> with the
> 3/505 PIR (part of the 82nd Airborne in Fort Bragg, NC) I served as
> an Airborne
> Infantryman for 3 years, I was an M-240 Bravo gunner.
>
> Well as the subject says, I got called up from IRR to Active Duty.
> To summarize
> when an individual signs up for the military they actually sign up
> for a period
> of 8 years (this moved up from 6 years, back in the 80's-90's). They
> serve a set
> time of active (my case 3 years) which means I have 5 to serve as
> inactive
> reserve (IRR). Its supposed to be like one step before the draft,
> because that means
> National guard and reserves have both been used. This was explained
> to me when I
> signed that I would be on IRR, but never really thought about it
> till now.
> Recruitment is at an all time low and they _need_ people I guess. I
> am really
> sending this just to let you all know, that I will be gone for more
> than a year
> and that I'm not sure if I can bring my computer. It does however
> mean that I
> have to leave my job, friends, family,etc. School does not help in
> this
> situation because they will/have just refunded my money.
> Also I am trying to get out of this, but they are pretty hard to
> avoid. oh, some
> of my friends have suggested that I move to Canada, do drugs, or
> break my leg.
> sorry....not my style. If I can I'll fill out a form for a waiver or
> just go and
> do my thing. I leave on July 6th if I can't get out of them.
>
> PS for any... war planners/war game idea thinkers... (I don't know
> what to call
> it) they called up my MOS, 11B2P (infantry) and a lot of 35 series,
> which is MI.
> hmmmm.... I wonder. haha
>
> --Kevin
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