TexasCHLforum.com

srothstein wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:31 am

G26ster wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 7:47 pmEveryone who enlists in any service has an 8 year obligation. Depending on the branch, either 2,3,4 years active duty, and the remainder of the 8 years IRR (Individual Ready Reserve), unless you voluntarily join a Reserve unit. So yeah, once he was discharged, he had 4 years left in the Reserve unless his discharge was less than honorable.

Just for technical and historical accuracy, at the time of his and my enlistments, the commitment was just six years. It was increased to 8 years either in the late 90s or early 2000s. But you could always enlist straight in the reserves and only do your active duty for training and then go to a reserve unit. This is what Phillips did.

A person who served an enlistment on active duty and then did his time in the IRR is rarely called a reservist. It would be true, but their active service generally is recognized and the IRR is ignored.

Not entirely true. Not defending this guy, but his record shows almost 2 1/2 yrs active duty. Yes, he was a reservist. Also, it is possible to serve in the IRR (for which you get retirement points, but not enough for a "good year" that counts towards retirement). You can, however, gain enough points for a good year in the IRR through "participation." You can participate in Summer Camps, and/or drills with a local unit, and build those points. At least that was true in my day (1962 - 1984).

AndyC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 23, 2019 6:42 pm He was a Marine Reservist, too.

Everyone who enlists in any service has an 8 year obligation. Depending on the branch, either 2,3,4 years active duty, and the remainder of the 8 years IRR (Individual Ready Reserve), unless you voluntarily join a Reserve unit. So yeah, once he was discharged, he had 4 years left in the Reserve unless his discharge was less than honorable.

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:26 pm We don’t need the MSM we have the Trump Internet.

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/201 ... h-gesture/

CNN fires both barrels, Covington kids used hand gestures to say the N word.

And they were probably doing it by mental telepathy too.

philip964 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:30 pm https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news ... rine-91038

Oh it’s getting worse for Nathan Phillips. He and his group attempted to disrupt mass at DC’s Basilica of the National Shrine.

Security personnel had to lock the parishioners inside the church to keep the drum beating chanting Phillips from entering.

Why do I have the feeling I won't see this reported anywhere else?

Somebody explain to me why the Native Americans are different than me (I don't fit that current description). One could argue that anyone born here is a Native American and that would be true. To argue and say, "yes, but your ancestors were not born here, ours were" is not true. Native ancestors in this country did not pop up out of the ground here like daisies. Their ancestors came from somewhere else. Anthropologists say Asia, but how they got here is not certain. Via ocean or land bridge. This is true for every place on the planet, save one. If you are a creationist, then Africa/Middle East is the starting point. Same is true for evolutionists. Everyone came from somewhere else except Adam and Eve, or apes. YMMV. JMHO.

All these "marches" do is attract idiots who believe the National Pastime is protesting.