GIs claim threat: Re-enlist or be sent back to Iraq

Rocky Mountain News

09/16/04

Soldiers from a Fort Carson combat unit say they have been issued an ultimatum -- re-enlist for three more years or be transferred to other units expected to deploy to Iraq. Hundreds of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team were presented with that message and a re-enlistment form in a series of assemblies last Thursday, said two soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity. ... A Fort Carson spokesman said Wednesday that 3rd Brigade recruitment officers denied threatening the soldiers with Iraq duty. 'I can only tell you what the retention officers told us: The soldiers were not being told they will go to Iraq, but they may go to Iraq,' said the spokesman, who gave that explanation before being told later to direct all inquiries to the Pentagon...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp