Reservist unexpectedly called to duty

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http://www.baytownsun.com/story.lasso?wcd=19706


Everything was falling into place for Michael La Coste.
He recently started a great job with a respected medical school. He was one semester away from completing a double master’s degree in health and business administration. He and his wife had waited nearly five years to start a family and hoped to have children after he graduated.

But plans for their future came to a screeching halt when La Coste opened a letter that reopened his past as a U.S. Army officer — a life he thought was over and done.

The words “report for duty” and “Operation Iraqi Freedom” jumped off the page and stunned the 29-year-old La Coste. He served three years in the Texas National Guard and three years in the Army before completing his active duty and entering the Individual Ready Reserve corps to finish up his eight-year contract.

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La Coste tried to resign his commission last year when he thought his eight years were up, but the Army denied his request, stipulating that his three years as a guardsman did not count toward his contract.