Sgt. Matthis Chiroux, who served in the Army until being honorably discharged last summer after over four years of service in Afghanistan, Japan, Europe and the Phillipines, today publicly announce...
Sgt. Matthis Chiroux, who served in the Army until being honorably discharged last summer after over four years of service in Afghanistan, Japan, Europe and the Phillipines, today publicly announced his intention to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq.
Sgt. Chiroux made made his announcement in the Cannon House Office Building Rotunda after members of Iraq Veterans Against the War testified before the Congressional Progressive Caucus during 'Winter Soldier on the Hill' on Thursday, May 15th, 2008.
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I have known men who have been in the military for more than ten years that qualify for low income housing, food stamps, wic. Sorry but for a lot of people the military is not a career.
As for leaving the military. I could have left the military with no offensive action carried against me up to 6 months after entering boot camp. Most people in that I spoke to could do the same. No one can blame you for at least trying it out. Why penalize someone for wanting to help thier country but just can not take it. So they allow you to go. Now they will cuse and rant all day long when you tell them. But they will have to let you go.
I had a friend who joined the USMC only to later refuse to go to bootcamp. The office threatened him by saying they were going to take his citizenship away and that he would go to jail. He still sent the resignation letter and after a week he got a letter back that he was officially resigned. There was a SSGT in the office that like him, he would call him his little brother, so maybe he pulled some strings. IDK but he got really lucky.
That is normal. If he read the contract fully he would see that its ok to leave. On mine I had up to 6 months after boot camp to leave with no penalty. Just going in and giving the fake oath is not enough to obligate you. I say fake cause its not legally binding, They do that to make it feel official. So you can do the fake oaths and even sign on the dotted line, but you are still not obligated to go. You can also leave in boot camp at any time.
Boot camp does not train you for anything in the civilian life. It would be wasting your time. Unless you went into the Army or Marines and wanted to learn how to shoot. Other than that you will learn about how to recognize rank , fold clothes, dress. A bit of physical activity. Your true training for your specialty comes after boot camp. Your A school and if a 6 year enlistment possibly a C school. Also look at the papers you sign please. Read them well.
If you sign and do not read the paper work then I guess you do not care. Its a lot of paperwork in which you have to initial or put your social securtiy number in a lot to validate your knowledge of what is in the contract. If you blindly just sign here and sign there without reading. Then you deserve what you get . How all the horror stories of the military start out. My recruiter said this but actually this is what happened. Common saying. Cause they did not read and just signed.
Believe me, i want to, and the same mos this stupid asshole had... its not that easy to join, and i want to do whats best for me and my family ... btw, its too late to whole illegal war thing, we are there already, lets make the best out of it... plus, army forces are out of the iraqui streets already, they remain in bases, please read the newspaper...
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And also Iraq has no army to defend itself.
So.......target!!
(applause)