Army: Reservists Failed to Report on Time (Or not at all- Over 600 so far)

[NNN0LHI]

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20041001_1608.html

Army: Reservists Failed to Report on Time
Army Says Some Ex-Troops Involuntarily Called to Active Duty Overseas Failed to Report on Time

The Associated Press



WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 — The Army is getting a grudging response or none at all from hundreds of former soldiers it ordered back into uniform for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, although none has been declared AWOL.

Army officials said Friday that 622 people, about one-third of the 1,765 Individual Ready Reserve members who were supposed to report for duty by Sept. 28, failed to show up. Some requested more time. Others wanted to be excused entirely. Some have not responded at all. snip

A separate problem is those who simply refuse to report. Byrne said he did not know how many have refused, but he disavowed recent statements of other Army officials that at least six no-shows have been listed as Absent Without Leave, or AWOL. He would not say how much leeway the Army will give no-shows before they are declared AWOL and subject to prosecution.

"We're trying to deal with every individual case to make sure that we're giving everyone appropriate time to rectify whatever situation they may have," Byrne said. "No one is considered AWOL at this point."

A total of 3,899 IRR soldiers have been contacted since July and given a report date as late as March 2005. Of that total, 1,498 have asked for a delay or an exemption based on a wide range of issues including medical, financial and personal problems, officials said.

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[zoeb]

1. The Army is also

relaxing their standards...high school diploma is no longer needed and they lowered the testing standards too. Sounds like were just a few months away from the draft.

[lovuian]

2. When thousands don't report are they going to have to build

Bigger prisons

[Dems Will Win]

8. No one wants to make the world safe for Halliburton

PRINT THE PDF: http://somnamblst.tripod.com/draftalert.pdf
HANG THIS FLYER EVERYWHERE

This is a SPECIAL MILITARY DRAFT ALERT. THIS IS NOT THE RANGEL DRAFT BILL, THIS IS NEW! THIS IS BUSH QUIETLY READYING THE COMBAT DRAFT AND HAVING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE CREATE A NEW DRAFT FOR 2005.

In May, the Seattle Post Intelligencer published an article about a document they received through the Freedom of Information Act. It was revealed that the SSS is currently “designing procedures” for the implementation of a “Skills Draft” after holding a top-level meeting on it with Deputy Undersecretaries at the Defense Department. The top-level This draft would change the very mission of the Selective Service and require “virtually every young American”, male and female ages 18-34, to register for the Skills Draft and list all the occupations they are proficient in to fill labor shortages throughout nearly the entire government.

Here, for the first time, is the FOI document itself:

http://blatanttruth.org/selective_service091304.pdf

This document is real, having been acknowledged by the DoD and the SSS when they said no action is being taken on it at the present time, as reported:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/171522_draft01.html

Although Congress would have to approve new legislation to create a Skills Draft or reinstate the combat draft, Family Circle reported in its July 13 issue that Karl Rove has polled GOP members of Congress in September 2002 to see if they would support the President if he requests reinstatement. The Republicans said they would vote for the draft.

In addition, the SSS itself has said that it is “designing procedures” (Seattle PI, May 1, 2004) to implement the skills draft, meaning designing the compliance cards and the data fields needed to keep track of “virtually every young American” and their skills. Acting Director of the SSS Brodsky has also said the Skills Draft is the “top priority” of the Selective Service for 2004. The Issue Paper options include:

- Allow a non-combat draft for shortages in critical skills, without calling a combat draft.

- Fill labor shortages of all kinds throughout not only DoD but the Dept. of Homeland Security and other agencies, especially high-paying professionals like computer networking specialist or linguist.

- Create a single-point, all-inclusive database, in which every young person would be forced to send in a “self-declaration” of all of their critical skills, chosen from a long list of occupations like the Armed Forces Specialty Code. The usual penalties of imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine would apply to all non-registrants.

In the secret planning meeting document, the next steps strongly recommended by SSS Acting Director Brodsky were:

1. “Promptly” redefine the SSS Mission to draft men and women up to age 34 for skills, and deliver them within 90 days or sooner to the Department of Defense. Program a massive database to be ready to enter millions of names of those registering their critical skills.

2. Expand mission to deliver personnel in skills draft to the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies, including FEMA, NSC, Border Patrol, INS, Customs, Corporation for National Service, Public Health Service and other agencies.

3. Form interagency task force to provide Administration with recommendation on this skills draft for the entire government.

4. Obtain White House Statement of Administration Policy on the future of the SSS.

5. Be prepared to market the skills draft, raising the non-combat age to 34 and the drafting of women to the Armed Services and Appropriations Committee.

In contrast to this planning and preparation to create a targeted draft, Kerry plans to spend an additional $7 billion to strengthen the Volunteer Army in what is essentially a “No-Draft Plan”. Moreover, Kerry is strongly opposed to the neo-con plan revealed in Wes Clark’s book Winning Modern Wars, in which Clark was told by a senior Pentagon official that invasions of Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan and Somalia were planned and still to come over the next three years.

MORE: http://blatanttruth.org/draft.php

DON'T FORGET TO USE THE .PDF NOT THE .GIF FILE.

BUSH '04 = DRAFT '05

KERRY '04 = PNAC OUT THE DOOR!

[leftchick]

10. I left a pile of these at local Dem. Party HQ!

:)

[Ohio rules]

11. Congress would have to approve legislation to create a Skills Draft

Which congressman plans to introduce such a bill?

[Dems Will Win]

14. Didn't you read that Rove has already surveyed the GOP congress

and they agreed to reinstate the draft?

Bush will propose it himself -- but only after the election.

Then he doesn't have to run again and they all blame it on him when they vote for it.

This is the weakest argument about the draft.

"Who will vote for it?"

The question is which REpuke WON'T vote for it after Bush says "we can't cut and run from Iraq!"

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

3. Why don't they write a ltter and tell them...

they had other priorities....or that they just don't have the time to complete the activities planned for them...

[VegasWolf]

4. Should just resign like the CIC did.

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[AndyTiedye]

5. Some are Probably Deceased

How would they know, unless a relative goes to the trouble of informing the Army?
They have activated people as old as 67. Certainly some of the people they are
trying to send to Iraq are pushing up daisies already.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Wouldn't the family more than likely have applied for VA death benefits?

It ain't much, but it would be something. I would think by doing so their names would be removed from any future call up lists. I could be wrong.

Don

[AndyTiedye]

7. Then VA has to contact the IRR. How long does that take?

and it won't even happen if there aren't any dependents to apply for benefits.

[Ohio rules]

9. Hope none decide to run for president some day...

...would this AWOL matter surface in 2034 as it did in 2004 race?

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[CarolynEC]

13. I think this calls for a strong, definitive statement from the President

... perhaps in a prime-time news conference.

:D

[truthisfreedom]

15. this is a DIRECT RESULT of bush's failed leadership and his own refusal to

follow orders and get a physical and report for duty when he was in the guard.

bush's bad example has made our country less safe. he's a dangerous threat to our national security.