I saw this on Drudge yesterday. The accompanying photo and video at the link made me think a bit. A soldier on active duty cannot grow his hair out like his. And if someone is unwilling to follow orders they can easily talk to their commander and be relieved from military service. Because of the length of his hair and his mohawked buddy next to him I am wondering if he isn't even a soldier to begin with. Sure he may be in the Reserves or National Guard, but they follow the Army appearance standards as well.

This kid (I know he's 24, but he's acting like a kid) is using the argument that he was poor and stupid so he had to join the military. The article mentions that he originally enlisted nearly 6 years ago straight out of high school. So if he enlisted for the maximum of 6 years he's almost done with his service. If he reenlisted, then it was his choice to continue to serve in the military. I think he's relying on a very shaky argument. People that think and feel the same as he does do not reenlist in the Army.

Does anyone else have additional information on this story? A little more than half of the story isn't even about him and the story seems to conveniently leave out important details about this particular kid. My bet is that he originally enlisted in the Reserves or Guard following 9/11 thinking that he'd never go to war. I bet that during his annual 2 week a year stints he was able to go to the Philippines, Japan, and Germany. And he was probably deployed to Afghanistan once. Now that he's been tagged to serve in Iraq he's changed his mind about being a soldier. The article doesn't even tell us his MOS. I'd like to know more of his background as I am sure the story will become more laughable the more we find out about him.