Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop: WAR RESISTERS
Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop: WAR RESISTERS
May 25, 2009 Killeen TX I caught up with Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop at a peace action near Fort Hood.
May 25, 2009 Killeen TX I caught up with Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop at a peace action near Fort Hood.
And for people who don't know, everybody who joins the military signs an eight year contract. The only thing that varies form person to person is how many years in those eight years will you be serving in active status. So technically we have an eight year service obligation. So lets say you have a three years active/five years IRR (Individual Ready Reserve) contract and you get "stop-loss," 99% of the time the Army is just asking you to add an additional year in your active service. So now, that makes it 4 years active service/4 years IRR. That's what happens when soldiers get "stop-loss" so don't be fooled people, an additional year is better than the whole eight years. P.S. I joined because when my father was young he wanted to joined, but wasn't able to. So I served for him and though he worries everyday he's extremely proud of what I do.