GIs Told: Re-Up or It's Iraq for You

According to the Rocky Mountain News, soldiers at Fort Carson have been given something of an ultimatum--re-enlist with your current unit or you are more than likely going to be transferred to a unit headed for Iraq...where you'll be stuck for a minimum of a year.

Soldiers from a Fort Carson combat unit say they have been issued an ultimatum - re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units expected to deploy to Iraq.

Hundreds of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team were presented with that message and a re-enlistment form in a series of assemblies last Thursday, said two soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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The form, if signed, would bind the soldier to the 3rd Brigade until Dec. 31, 2007. The two soldiers said they were told that those who did not sign would be transferred out of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

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"They told us if we don't re-enlist, then we'd have to be reassigned. And where we're most needed is in units that are going back to Iraq in the next couple of months. So if you think you're getting out, you're not," he said.

The brigade's presentation outraged many soldiers who are close to fulfilling their obligation and are looking forward to civilian life, the sergeant said.

Gee, and the Pentagon insists that Kerry's announcement of their "secret plan" to expand the forces in Iraq after the election is wrong.