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Iraq: Stop/Loss Program
by Jersey D GibsonBack in Vietnam,
you were drafted for two years.
When your time was short,
you left.
Now in Iraq,
my End Time of Service is up.
So can you explain to me,
why I'm here?
I'm five months past,
living on borrowed time.
Got ten more months to do,
fighting on borrowed time.
Looking forward to home,
so I can stay for three months.
Looking forward to getting out,
what I've should have already done.
I haven't re-uped, don't wanna stay,
just turn in my gear and go.
Stop/Lost into next year,
or maybe the year after? 05/07/2005 Author's Note: Stop/Loss - when a unit deploys, you deploy. No matter when you leave. It's usually three months before a deployment, and three months after you get back. Some people have been Stop/Lost up to two years.
Posted on 05/07/2005
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| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Brett Shane on 05/07/05 at 08:49 PM my friend kyle has been stop lossed for almost a year now.. and i will be for at least six months.. they don't let you leave when time is up... great write man. |
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