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To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 5:04:19 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793931

What does "NLT tomorrow morning" mean?

To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 5:07:04 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793931

That was over the top. It had to have been an administrator that implemented that because a soldier never would have. * * *

To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 5:44:09 PM
From: Hoa Hao	Respond to of 793931

Some members of our military leadership need a trip to the wood shed. I would prefer a trip before the firing squad for that.

To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 6:28:37 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793931

Soldier re-enlists hours after IED injury (Balad) Monday, 19 November 2007 Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20071119-01 November 19, 2007 mnf-iraq.com Soldier re-enlists hours after IED injury (Balad) 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division PAO Multi-National Division – North PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – A U.S. Soldier re-enlisted in the Army just hours after being seriously wounded in an improvised explosive attack near Zaganiyah, Iraq, Nov. 13. Spc. Christopher Hoyt, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., suffered severe lacerations to his legs and torso when an IED exploded near him while conducting a dismounted patrol. Two of his fellow Soldiers were killed in the attack. Hoyt was rushed to the emergency room at Logistics Support Area Anaconda, where he decided to re-enlist for four more years in the Army. “He said he wasn’t finished,” said Hoyt’s battalion commander Lt. Col. Mark Landes, who re-enlisted the Soldier. “He said, ‘I still have a job to do.’ I’ve never seen the like.” Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the brigade’s top noncommissioned officer, was also on hand for Hoyt’s reenlistment. “It takes a person of very strong character to go through an incident where another Soldier five feet away was killed and he was severally wounded and still say ‘I believe in what we are doing and I want to stay on the team. I want to support the United States Army and my country.’ “Spc. Hoyt is the epitome of what a Soldier should be,” Troxell continued. “He is a model for what all men and women should be, and that is very patriotic and very selfless.” Hoyt, whose hometown is Clemente, Calif., is currently recovering in an Army hospital in Germany. * * *

To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 6:32:55 PM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 793931

Some members of our military leadership need a trip to the wood shed. Secretary Gates has a great deal of work ahead of him. He needs to work faster starting with the mattress mice in DOD.

To: unclewest who wrote (228814)	11/20/2007 11:49:32 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793931

Looks like the word is FAST....Military Says Bonus Letter Was A 'Mistake' Reporting Marty Griffin [KLP Note: Hopefully, the Investigation will get into the matter with electric speed, and everyone involved in this just get hammered....The citizenship should be up in arms, and if the Army doesn't get this resolved, and the involved people fired, citizens WILL be understandingly furious!] kdka.com MT. LEBANON (KDKA) ? A KDKA investigation is getting national attention and results for a wounded soldier from Mt. Lebanon and perhaps thousands of others. The Army ordered Jordan Fox to return thousands of dollars in bonus money because his injuries prevented him from completing his tour. When in Iraq, Fox survived machine gun battles and a roadside bomb that knocked him unconscious and blinded him in his right eye. The injury forced the military to send him home. A few weeks later, he received a bill from the Department of Defense. He owes the military nearly $3,000 from his original enlistment bonus because he couldn't fulfill his tour. "I tried to do my best and serve my country and unfortunately I was hurt in the process and now they're telling me that they want their money back," Fox told KDKA. KDKA contacted the Pentagon. Investigators there took a look. A military spokesman told KDKA's Marty Griffin the bill sent to Fox was a mistake. Griffin: "You are taking this case on involving Jordan and looking into it?" Major Nathan Banks, Army spokesperson: "We are. We are ... definitely working it out. We have seen where the problems have been made, the system, and we're just making - you know, give us the opportunity to make a wrong a right." Major Banks says Fox will not have to pay back his bonus. Fox says "fine," but he wants more. "Hopefully this will turn into change for not only me but many other soldiers that have lost limbs, you know, become permanently deaf," he said. "I hope to see a change for everybody." The Pentagon will not comment on allegations that thousands of other soldiers just sent home from Iraq and other invasions, including Afghanistan, will not receive these sorts of bills. They cannot comment on those cases. KDKA has learned that our local congressional delegation, as well as both Pennsylvania senators, are demanding answers. We're also being told they are pressuring the President to get involved. (© MMVII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)