Nbadan
11-22-2004, 03:34 PM
ATLANTA - At 56, Sgt. 1st Class Michael Conley is one of the oldest men in the 48th Brigade of the Georgia Army National Guard.
He was awarded a Silver Star and several Purple Hearts after seeing some of the fiercest fighting in Vietnam. Now, Conley is going back to war along with thousands of other Georgians.
His brigade got word two weeks ago that it was being sent to Iraq.
About 1,200 of the brigade's soldiers, some of whom need additional training to be fully qualified in their military jobs, will be mobilized the first week of December and sent to Fort Stewart near Savannah.
The remaining 2,800 will be mobilized Dec. 15 and report to Fort Stewart the first week of January.
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Tallahassee (http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/10240076.htm)
See, there's even time for Hookdem to justify his continued existence. ZigZag Zell is a Marine, I think. Maybe he'll volunteer to walk point?
I have an idea for a new kind of draft. We'll increase the age to 40 and pull from the registered republicans. If you look at the way they recruit, they really aren't interested, yet, in a certain segment of the population. What if we had a hybrid draft? A draft where recruiters called registered republicans and said, 'It's your duty to volunteer and find one more volunteer." Ask republicans to join and bring a friend. Republicans are masters of marketing. Why haven't they thought of this. It's target marketing. You could fill the ranks in a month. Am I right?
He was awarded a Silver Star and several Purple Hearts after seeing some of the fiercest fighting in Vietnam. Now, Conley is going back to war along with thousands of other Georgians.
His brigade got word two weeks ago that it was being sent to Iraq.
About 1,200 of the brigade's soldiers, some of whom need additional training to be fully qualified in their military jobs, will be mobilized the first week of December and sent to Fort Stewart near Savannah.
The remaining 2,800 will be mobilized Dec. 15 and report to Fort Stewart the first week of January.
...more...
Tallahassee (http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/local/10240076.htm)
See, there's even time for Hookdem to justify his continued existence. ZigZag Zell is a Marine, I think. Maybe he'll volunteer to walk point?
I have an idea for a new kind of draft. We'll increase the age to 40 and pull from the registered republicans. If you look at the way they recruit, they really aren't interested, yet, in a certain segment of the population. What if we had a hybrid draft? A draft where recruiters called registered republicans and said, 'It's your duty to volunteer and find one more volunteer." Ask republicans to join and bring a friend. Republicans are masters of marketing. Why haven't they thought of this. It's target marketing. You could fill the ranks in a month. Am I right?