Tara's son, Robert has proudly served in the US Army National Guard. He spent close to two years in Kuwait and came home safe. He has been going to school and serving as part of the honor guard for military funerals. Two weeks before his service was up he was informed that due to a demand for more soldiers in Iraq Stop Loss was being inacted on him and he was being held in the National Guard for two more years.
Robert is currently with his unit in Texas going through dessert training to return to Iraq no later than the end of summer.
Regardless of your thoughts on the war and the US presence in the Middle East, please keep Robert, his battle buds and the other soldiers in your thoughts and prayers.
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Man, that bites. We got lucky and didn't get caught up in Stop Loss, but lots of friends did. I really feel for those who are =this= close to getting their lives back and wind up getting stuck.
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