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Why I'm Not in the Army

If you're in the Army, you must regularly deal with stupidity like this: WASHINGTON - More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind. "I just want my puppy home," Sgt. Gwen Beberg of Minneapolis wrote to her mother in an e-mail Sunday from Iraq, soon after she was separated from the dog following a transfer. "I miss my dog horribly." Beberg, 28, is scheduled to return to the U.S. next month.Soldiers are returning from Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Having a dog around eases PTSD.  But some regulation that doesn't make much sense anyway says that you can't bring a dog back...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).