Well, it's official. The Army dropped charges and just gave her a discharge. So, she still has all of her VA benefits, etc. even though she refused to answer the call to duty.
How does everyone else feel about it?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_mom_deployment
Sorry... guess that's what happens when the kids interrupt the reading. Sorry about that! Still irritating, regardless!
Anonymous
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She doesn't get the bennies, check your link, paragraph 5.
Its still very irritating. The link indicates that she had planned to do this for some time. She could have applied for separation and got out.
Instead, she basically stiffed her unit.
Total lack of integrity. Good riddance.
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I think she's a lying piece of garbage, and should have been charged with desertion, and imprisoned, at least, executed at best. Desertion during war time is punishable by death. Her excuses don't hold water. Her mother runs a day care out of her home, but suddenly had a change of heart about watching her own grandchild? Seriously. She enlisted, got pregnant out of wedlock, that alone being a violation of the UCMJ, and is now trying to use that violation to justify her subsequent violation. That's like somebody getting high on crack, shooting a police officer, and blaming the crack for their secondary crime. It's simply not a valid excuse. She loved the military when it was a monthly paycheck, not to mention free medical benefits for her and her bastard, but when it came time to deploy, she started crying the " single mommy blues. " If a white soldier, male or female, had tried that, there would have been a lengthy prison sentence handed down. I say it's time to give this young lady the equal treatment under the law that so many civil rights activists fought for, and treat her accordingly. Lock her up.
gilbert
ok. She had a kinfolk care plan as required, yet her mom determined she couldn't guard her grandchild at the same time as her daughter deployed. the daddy isn't contained in the image. more suitable than likely, it replaced right into a blend of two aspects - she did not favor to installation and her mom sponsored out of the care plan. the placement is she never advised each person till the the same day she skipped out on the deployment. both way, we do not want human beings like her going into wrestle with us. i imagine she must have performed somewhat penitentiary time, yet not sufficient to have her baby taken from her. This time, the grandmother might want to ought to take care of the youngster.
Ray
"The decision still carries consequences for Hutchinson. She is being demoted in rank to private and will lose benefits afforded to military service members and veterans, Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said."
Thats from YOUR link.
NWIP
No she does not have all the benefits, it said "She is being demoted in rank to private and will lose benefits afforded to military service members and veterans," so that means she will not get the GI Bill, no pension, no Tricare or anything else. It could then be a dishonorable discharge.