Sorry, Lindy. No sale here.

I am a National Guardsman of the 105th Personnel Services Detachment out of Lincoln, Neb. My unit and I are stationed in Kuwait at Camp Wolf. We were deployed Feb. 2. We arrived in Jordan in April and half of us were moved a week later to Kuwait to throw mail. When our unit came back together in June we had an order to go home but it was revoked and we ended up replacing an active Army unit. When replacing the active unit we were told our date to go home was Dec. 1. We now hear that we will be here for a full year.

That about sums it up.

Poor little Duffy has to do her job. Ain't that a real bitch?

What the hell do YOU think people sign up for with the Reserves?

A SERGEANT in the reserves KNOWS what is expected of her. If she so chooses to gamble with potential war, then that's fine. If not, she should not have reupped.

Yes, we are physically able to finish our mission, but mentally and spiritually we are dying.

A visit with the chaplain and a free book from the local USO library should fix her right up.

"Don't sign on the line, if you can't do the time."

They know. The whining is just stupid.

Uh-oh. Where're those tissues again?

Dan