Soldier To Sue Military After 5th Army Deployment

[-Cp]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Florida soldier who enlisted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks plans to sue the military, fighting his fifth order to combat, according to a Local 6 report.

Twenty-six-year-old Erik Botta, who is a Port St. Lucie reservist, signed up for the service days after the Sept. 11 attacks. He did a tour in Afghanistan and three in Iraq, but he said enough is enough.

Botta plans to file suit this week, asking for an exemption or delay so that he can complete his engineering studies.

He'll also ask the court to prevent the Army from requiring him to report for duty until the legal questions are settled, according to WJXT-TV in Jacksonville.

An Army spokeswoman said the service evaluates "each request independently to determine if the mobilization will cause undue hardship for the soldier or the family."

http://www.local6.com/news/13642869/detail.html

[Hagbard Celine]

Good for him. There will be those who think that he's supposed to soldier up because it's his "duty" or his "job" or "he knew what he was getting into when he signed up," but five tours in warzones is too much for anybody. If he has them, he probably doesn't even know his wife and kids anymore after all that.

[nevadamedic]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Florida soldier who enlisted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks plans to sue the military, fighting his fifth order to combat, according to a Local 6 report.

Twenty-six-year-old Erik Botta, who is a Port St. Lucie reservist, signed up for the service days after the Sept. 11 attacks. He did a tour in Afghanistan and three in Iraq, but he said enough is enough.

Botta plans to file suit this week, asking for an exemption or delay so that he can complete his engineering studies.

He'll also ask the court to prevent the Army from requiring him to report for duty until the legal questions are settled, according to WJXT-TV in Jacksonville.

An Army spokeswoman said the service evaluates "each request independently to determine if the mobilization will cause undue hardship for the soldier or the family."

http://www.local6.com/news/13642869/detail.html

What an asshole. He knew what he was getting into when he signed up. We were in the middle of a major war on terrorism and that it wouldn't end overnight.

[Hagbard Celine]

What an asshole. He knew what he was getting into when he signed up. We were in the middle of a major war on terrorism and that it wouldn't end overnight.

I guess if you sign up for the military you're not entitled to any sort of quality of life?

And at the time, the Bush administration was saying we'd be done in Iraq within six weeks.

[-Cp]

And at the time, the Bush administration was saying we'd be done in Iraq within six weeks.

[nevadamedic]

I guess if you sign up for the military you're not entitled to any sort of quality of life?

And at the time, the Bush administration was saying we'd be done in Iraq within six weeks.

[Hagbard Celine]

You honestly don't remember that? Alright, fine:

Quick campaign

Mr Rumsfeld is in Europe to try to gain backing for possible military action against Iraq.

"It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months," he said, speaking at the American air base at Aviano, in northern Italy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2738089.stm

[nevadamedic]

You honestly don't remember that? Alright, fine:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2738089.stm

That was Rumsfield not Bush. Rumsfield screwed this war up IMO and that's the reason he is gone.

[Hagbard Celine]

That was Rumsfield not Bush. Rumsfield screwed this war up IMO and that's the reason he is gone.

I said the "Bush administration." Pay attention there sport.

[Monkeybone]

hate to say it, but it is his duty. i could understand if he had signed up before all of this happened but...yah....you sign up after an attack and ppl saying that we are gonna strike back at who did this and then complain when you get deployed? but that does suck going back for a 5th time. too bad the army is 'short-staffed'

[nevadamedic]

hate to say it, but it is his duty. i could understand if he had signed up before all of this happened but...yah....you sign up after an attack and ppl saying that we are gonna strike back at who did this and then complain when you get deployed? but that does suck going back for a 5th time. too bad the army is 'short-staffed'

They wouldn't be short staffed if the damn Democrat's quit threatning to pull funding.

[jimnyc]

Would he feel better if he were shipped off to Club Med for a few months?

I hope this gets tossed quickly. I'd really hate to see copycats running off to court because they don't like their deployment orders.

[nevadamedic]

Would he feel better if he were shipped off to Club Med for a few months?

I hope this gets tossed quickly. I'd really hate to see copycats running off to court because they don't like their deployment orders.

If he wins that is excatly what will happen. He should get a dishonorable discharge as well.

[82Marine89]

I guess if you sign up for the military you're not entitled to any sort of quality of life?

And at the time, the Bush administration was saying we'd be done in Iraq within six weeks.

No, you're not. You sign away certain freedoms when you join the military. You are essentially property of the United States government. Six seconds, six minutes, six hours, six days, six weeks, six months, six years, or six decades, it doesn't matter. He is obligated to do what he is told.

[nevadamedic]

No, you're not. You sign away certain freedoms when you join the military. You are essentially property of the United States government. Six seconds, six minutes, six hours, six days, six weeks, six months, six years, or six decades, it doesn't matter. He is obligated to do what he is told.

Exactly!