more military ugh.
When I talked to my friend Cliff at the wedding Saturday, he told me his dad was still an active duty pilot. This would explain a lot.
... thousands of soldiers forbidden to leave military service under the Army's "stop-loss" orders, intended to stanch the seepage of troops, through retirement and discharge, from a military stretched thin by its burgeoning overseas missions.
I know that some of my recently-serving friends still may be called back. And that draft is looming. Ugh. Hurry up and turn 26, will you, cousins?