[Ansteorra] king of the east..please pass along

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In a message dated 1/21/03 8:04:56 AM Central Standard Time, eirik at hot.rr.com
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> In the specific case of Andreas, can it be said that he knew it was a good
> >probability that he'd be called to active duty?  I don't know,
> >and I wasn't
> >arguing for or against him in any case.  But I know I've heard
> >"stuff" about
> >reservists being called to active duty for the last year and a half.  I
> >think every reservist in the U.S. has known that it COULD happen, but just
> >how likely it was going to be was certainly anyone's guess.  Knowing that,
> >they all knew that it COULD happen that they'd be activated
> >during a reign.
>
> Not necessarily. Having been in the National Guard and having several
> friends in the reserves during Desert Storm/Shield, there were rumor flying
> about the exact date that we would be activated to go. None of us ever
> went.
> Just because the rumors are going around doesn't mean that it will ever
> happen, even with active duty units.
>
>

In the 13years of marriage to a military man and the majority of that was
active then reserve I don't know of a time rumors were not flying around.