My deepest thank you to DU angels: You saved my son

Mari333

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Fri Oct-24-03 08:05 PM
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My deepest thank you to DU angels: You saved my son

I sent my son off to the Guard tonight, after a lunch with him, and while he polished his boots he got a call from his Sgt.
He said the Sgt warned him that he might get fragged by the 1st Sgt tonight for sooooooooooooooooo many calls his Unit has gotten from Sen Levins office on allowing my son his legal discharge on Nov 13.
A great number of the unit were supposed to be discharged from MI, and denied their legal discharge, over to the Middle East ...due to the BFEE STOPLOSS
Instead, my son got to the Unit and , after an hour, called me
"Mom...get ready......all those calls to Levins office, all the emails, all the stink you and your friends made...they arent sending me anywhere...they arent even making me go to camp...they said they were under too much pressure now to do so because of all those emails and letters, they are sending me once a month to work at the local armory and discharge me in January for good".
The Sgt also told my son "Your mother was right to worry...just because we tell the unit we are going one place doesnt mean we are...its a mess at every rank right now..no one knows what they are doing, and where they are sending anyone...so your mother was right to be concerned..the military could have sent all of you to Iraq or anywhere they wanted to, they have no idea what they are doing now..anyway heres the deal.....You wont be sent, you wont even go to camp...Until the StopLoss is over in January, all you have to do is come to the Armory once a month til Jan . Thats it...You WORK once a month for a weekend til Jan and you will BE DISCHARGED!!!!!!!!!!"
Now, this was the 1st sergeant..hes the one who says the things that are coming down. He is the one My son says has the last word. No bullshit.
Therefore, I point my finger at all of YOU AND SAY
You saved my son, WILL PITT, with that Op Ed on Truthout, with emails to Levin, with emails to your Congresspeople, with HOPE that you gave me, my son will NOW NOT GO OVERSEAS...
He wont be discharged on Nov 13, but he will be discharged when the StopLoss is finished in January on the Guard and Reserves. (God I hope they do)
What can I say to thank all of you???? How can I show you even a small amount of the tears in my eyes as I write this...finally, tears of joy??? How can I thank you????
I Know he wont be out in Nov...but he will be out in January..I know I cant totally trust what more could happen, hell no one trusts the military these days...BUT...he's not being sent. Hes almost out..the heat was Put ON!!! and it worked..
See..we can do it..we can do it..we can save these lives we can march and scream and complain and make such a stink they HAVE to listen to us..every kid they try to send over, every kid thats over there, every kid being clusterf*cked by the military run by Rumsfield..we can save them if we fight..and fight...and fight
I dont know how to thank all of you, but I can tell you this..
Your kindness to me will always be in my heart, and Will Pitt, you and all the DUers on here are to me,
angels.
DU angels. All of you.
Much Love,
Marianne