And there is draft talk.

"From Democrats in Congress and a few Republicans, the administration
has said
repeatedly stated there is no need for a draft and they will not ask
for one.
According to a political analyst in Newsweek magazine (or was it
Time?), this
whole "draft scare" is the democrats trying to scare the younger males
into
voting for Kerry. But you know what Art, don't let facts get in the
way of your
"thinking"."

Preach on brother!!! I reading ya 5/5 flyboy.

No reason to mention the "D" word as long as "W" dips into the the IRR
pool via his PRCA and continues to extend sandbox deployments. His
some news from my neck of the woods:

Sunday, June 20, 2004
Barrel, scraping bottom of.
Fort Irwin 'not closing,' Lewis told, Claire Vitucci and Tammy Mccoy,
The Press-Enterprise, Friday, May 21, 2004


"About 150 soldiers of the 58th Engineer Company, which supports the
2,500-member 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, are scheduled to deploy
sometime in the next 70 days, said Maj. Chris Belcher, Fort Irwin's
public affairs officer.
....
But the Army is considering sending some or all of the regiment to
Iraq, Lewis said.

It's unclear when that decision would be made, Lewis said. But if it
does happen, reservists will first come and train with the unit, also
called the Army's Opposition Force, and then fill in when the regiment
is deployed.

That way, specialized training for armored units could continue at
Fort Irwin, Lewis said.

If the Army is cutting into their training facilities in order to
deploy troops then nobody can complain about their own tour of duty
being extended for a few years.

But it does bring up the question of whether the United States was
prepared to open this second front as Bush proposed and Kerry voted
for."