has anyone seen the story

[cpousnret]

of a 52 yo grandmother being deployed to iraq for security job.gees,we are desperate.she left for training with 1 of her grad kids hanging on her leg.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Yeah. It happened in Dubuque, IA

And she only has 10 months until retirement. She was (is) a special ed teacher. Maybe her next pupil should be bush. Ah wait, her students have potential, where bush doesn't. There is a post about this in the Iowa forum.

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. Its absurd

Welcome Aboard to DU !!!

I replied to your excellent post the other morning and didn't even look at your name, my husband is also retired Navy (STGCS) and had 2 tours of duty in Vietnam on the USS Goldsborough DDG-20. He served 20 years, and cannot stand what Bush has done to the military. Its a shame.

[cpousnret]

3. salute you and your husband

love the navy and its family,glad he`s ret or he would be there,if i were not 100% dav,i`d probably be there,we all want to defend this country but not under this leadership.thanks,and peace to you.

[LA lady]

4. here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12581184/

DUBUQUE, Iowa - A grandmother in eastern Iowa is getting one last call to duty.

Janet Grass, 52, had planned to retire from the military in about 10 months after spending 19 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Instead, she has been ordered to leave her job as a special-education teacher in Cascade to do security work in the Middle East.

"They're changing my career just as I'm retiring," she said. "I guess they wanted to try one more thing for me."