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David Qualls Signed up for the “Try One” Program
Specialist David Qualls signed up for the National Guard “Try One” program. Is it one year, or 28.5 years? The correct answer is 28.5 years, his separation date is now the same as Emiliano Santiago, Christmas Eve 2031 !
When he wanted to quit a year later, he was told he couldn’t go back home from Iraq to his family in Arkansas. David and seven other soldiers affected by the Stop Loss policy filed a lawsuit against the military to fight their contracts being involuntarily being extended. David was the only soldier who identified himself in the lawsuit, the other seven were afraid of retaliation, so they refused to be named.
“What this boils down to, in my opinion, is a question of fairness. You make a contract, you and I make a contract, we fulfil our contracts or we breach our contracts.
I enlisted in June, July ? July of 2003 on a trial one basis. I tried my one and, you know, I completed and served that one year. Actually, I’ve served five months past my one-year obligation, and I feel that it’s time to let me go back to my life.”
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David filed a lawsuit, and lost
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Topics: Broken Promises, Recruitment, Stop Loss |