European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse June 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 indefinite reenlistment signifies definite career by Teri Weaver stars and stripes Camp Iraq staff Derek Brown Calls it shorthand for re enlisting in the army on an indefinite yet most definite numbers started turning recently As soon As Brown signed his new contract with the army and took his reenlistment oath at the Headquarters of the 1st brigade combat 3rd infantry division in for Brown added an other 12 years of military service to his 13 years already then for every promotion he gets in the he must give the army two More he wants to retire As a sergeant the top enlisted so that would mean another six years added to the there is something in it up Here for the Long and i love f f staff Darek Brown for of the army is giving the wheel Mechanic in the form of a onetime signing Bonus in Exchange for As Many As 18 More years of in Here for the Long and i love Brown said to John the brigades command and a group of friends who gathered for the this indefinite signing allows soldiers who Are e6s staff sergeants like Brown with at least 10 years experience to sign on Many years to Max out their Ca Carrier needed info raft Tom 0172 reach attention us citizens living in the us earn extra Money delivering the if you live in one of these areas please Contact us Lakenheath Beck lords stud lands Shepard Grove morning Home delivery for consideration Contact our us office Heather Klinglesmith european stars and us Bureau office administrator Dan 2382226 civ01638542226 or customer service toll free 08000858827 but the financial Reward pales in comparison to those Given to new enlistments and to those sol Diers and officers with skills that Are in Short under new the army now offers up to for three year enlist and to for some soldiers who signed up for As few As two the maximum Bonus limit for a three year enlist ment was for most army with a ceiling for a few very under manned according to Julia a spokeswoman for the army recruiting com Market demands affect the army like any other and the need for certain skills such As nurse anaesthetist raises the invest ment the military makes to keep those soldiers and wheel by seen to be in steady an indefinite reenlistment signing Bonus will vary depend ing on the soldiers prior length of service and his expected retire for Brown took a break in his so he has to serve at least 22 total years to qualify for full retirement Bene Brown could have signed a Teri and stripes staff Derek holds his Bonus Check for indefinite enlistment with the army alongside John commander of the 1st brigade combat 3rd infantry at Camp Brown reenlisted for 12 in the Mechanic gets More Standard contract with fewer As Many soldiers yet to the contract he signed Only puts on paper what he has in tended All Long he told himself hed use the army to develop a and he plans to open his own Auto motive garage when he the staff sergeant also has 6 and and Hes staying for so they dont have to come in and do the same thing i and two decades he made a Promise to his an infantry Veteran of world War i made a Promise to my grand father 20 years and in doing Brown said with both fists held up in the hot iraqi Hes also spending the he plans to take a cruise next month when he takes leave from his deployment in his second tour in the its a Brown said of the career behind and ahead of nothing but to do and if All goes As in after 31 years of service in the hell but even that int Brown according to cur rent when it comes time for Brown and others like him to end their they will first have to ask permission from the army before they can email Teri Weaver at Wear Detroit expects to get up to half of iraqi refugees coming to by Jeff Karoub the associated press Jim Southeastern Michigan has about people who Trace their roots to the Middle they Are Detroit immigration Aid workers Here sex heavily concentrated in the Detroit suburb of dear pet that As Many As half of the nearly iraqi ref widely considered the capital of Arab America gees who will be brought into the United states by because of its National Ara american the end of september will Settle in the Many mosques and scores of arabic signed Busi lutheran social services of Michi Gan has received government data on numerous refugees recommended for said be min pin the services director of refugee that the first sign that someone is in the process and should be com he How Long that process should we dont the Agency has already started to Contact the prospective refugees family members who live in the de troit Ponjic the department of Homeland Security said this week it has approved Iran Ana the refugee applications of 59 iraqis who should be arriving in the Como Tawrs displaced ing the department provided no details about where they would Settle but said it has already de interviews in refugee cases involving More than 700 women and Bush administration announced in february it would allow up to iraqis into the by the end of september up from 202 in it would be the largest iraqi influx since the 2003 besides contacting relatives of immigration groups in the Detroit area have been locating whats the big Deal about 59 coming Here when we have hundreds of thousands of people in inside Iraq Imam Mostafa Alq Aswini Leader of the islamic educational Center of Orange Ponjic and others expect that As Many As half of the new refugees will come to the area either initially or after first resettling iraqi Community leaders in los Angeles and Orange which also have Large iraqi Popula said they haunt yet heard of any refugees being settled in the they also complained about the Small number of refugees being allowed to enter the compared with the 2 million who have fled fifty nine people is too top said Imam Mostafa Al Razwi Leader of the islamic educational Center of Orange whats the big Deal about 59 coming Here when we have hundreds of thou Sands of in Iran and others displaced inside Iraq mosques in Southern California helped resettle refugees after the 1991 Gulf he they provided English class health services and financial help to new arrive he and would be ready and willing to do so Tennessee also is bracing for Nashville transportation and and Fielding is Home to the nations largest Community of expat i donations of clothing and pin ate estimated at
