ZT- 请看 http://www.023bbs.com.cn/read.php?tid=4334的第二贴,很有意思。


所有跟贴·加跟贴·新语丝读书论坛

送交者: 何人可 于 2008-05-09, 15:41:42:

回答: 關于王世清将军-忠义救国军: 在美国当会长易,当主席易,当将军也容易! 由 brightsea 于 2008-05-09, 15:00:38:

Post at http://www.023bbs.com.cn/read.php?tid=4334.

The originator of this thread is a liar. The American Volunteer Reserves have no relationship to the US Army or any branch of the US military or government. They are a group of self-appointed, loser wanna-bees and never-weres. All those ranks and ribbons the "Volunteer Resrve" wear are phony. They give them to each other. The ranks and awards have no significance in the actual military. Here's an article about them that appeared in the Orange County Register, a well-respected newspaper The officers of the United States Army Volunteer Reserve look like real soldiers. They also offer a service that the military no longer provides: color guards at veterans' cemeteries. The U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve, which claims "hundreds" of members, appears well-meaning. But many current and former members of the armed forces say the volunteers, who do not carry arms, skate the legal fringes with other groups and individuals who exaggerate or fabricate their military credentials. "They degrade those who earned their stars," said Craig Mandeville, a retired Army lieutenant colonel from Hunt ington Beach. "They make a mockery of the system." Gen. Paul Monroe, commander of the California National Guard, said that U.S. Army Volunteer Reservists look so authentic they could be mistaken for the real thing. "Some of these people with little or no military experience show up at military events dressed as general officers," he said. "It's against the law to impersonate a military officer, just as it's against the law to impersonate a police officer." Col. Bill Weir, judge advocate of the California National Guard, asked the Pentagon to investigate the U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve in October, after a member used the group's identification card to get into Camp Roberts, an Army training base. "We have concerns about the fact that this group has identification cards that can be misleading, are using the Department of the Army symbol and the National symbol (Eagle), and are using military rank, uniforms, insignia and appurtenances in a way that appears inappropriate," Weir wrote to his Army counterpart, who has not responded. Members of the U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve, many of whom are retired veterans, say they serve the public good, embodying the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders who volunteered in the Spanish- American War. But instead of storming hills in Cuba, today's volunteers serve mostly by playing taps, firing salutes and folding Old Glory at veterans' funerals. "I'm putting something back into the community, not impersonating an officer," said Michael Kissamitakis of Costa Mesa, a former Marine who has appeared at more than 100 funerals at the Riverside National Cemetery since joining the volunteer group. "We're not a bunch of wanna- be's. We're not a redneck militia out playing war games. We provide a mission: boots on graves." The Volunteer Reserve is among 30 groups, from a Junior ROTC troop to aging American Legionnaires, serving as color guards at Riverside National Cemetery. The group also leads monthly services at Patriotic Hall in Los Angeles in memory of veterans who died penniless. "The government owes these veterans a debt of final honors," said Jack Campbell, 77, of San Juan Capistrano, a U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve captain. "We volunteer to provide the services they deserve." The need for such volunteers has grown, with the full-time military unable to provide funeral details to the estimated 1,700 World War II vets dying each day. Jack Rice, funeral dispatcher at Riverside National Cemetery, said he welcomes the volunteers and others willing to provide dignified last rites to vets. "We don't do a background investigation," Rice said. Members of the U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve say they do not pretend to be soldiers. They pay $35 annual dues and buy uniforms at Army supply stores, altering the buttons and name tags to distinguish themselves from real soldiers or Reserve members. Their unit patch is a large "V" framing a small "U.S." "We don't just go to the letter of the law - we exceed it," said Tom Owens of Riverside, USAVR public-affairs officer. "We are not the military." But they look military in person and on paper. They have received no recognition from the Pentagon, but the group's articles of incorporation say its primary purpose is providing "Auxiliary duties to the United States Department of Defense." Its Web site -www.usavr.us- says members work "in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency," a relationship FEMA rejects. "They have no authorization or permission to use the FEMA logo or to refer to any relationship with the agency," said Jean Baker, a FEMA spokeswoman. The group was incorpor ated as the United States Volunteers two years ago by Allen Baumann, 63, of Antelope Valley. Baumann said he retired from the Army Reserve in 1989 as a lieutenant colonel but now wears a major general's uniform. "We commission officers directly," Baumann said. "The only requirement is that they are U.S. citizens and age 18. We take everybody." Internal dissent threatens Baumann's command. In April, Mike Teilmann, a retired brigadier general with the South Carolina State Guard, formed a splinter faction variously called the 9th Brigade U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve or the American Volunteer Reserve. "I always found Gen. Baumann to be an honorable man, but when we asked for an accounting of funds, we were given a runaround," said Teilmann, a Hollywood publicity agent who also volunteers at the Los Angeles airport USO. Baumann said Teilmann's faction only cares about the social side of soldiering, not serving the country. He dismissed other critics as know- nothings. "I don't exhaust my resources on defending something we have a right to as American citizens," he said. But critics say Baumann is preying on new American citizens who know little about the military. On Nov. 17, Baumann inducted two Vietnamese Buddhist monks into his organization as chaplains with the rank of captain. William Prajnya, 37, who fled Vietnam by boat in 1988, said he understood he might be sent to duty at Camp Pendleton or Iraq, though he has no prior military experience. "I'm very happy, because I feel I can do something for Buddhist people," said Prajnya (Thi'ch Ta^m Tha`nh), a security guard. Owens, the USAVR spokesman, said sending his volunteers to the front lines is a long shot but still a possibility. "I'd like somebody from the DoD to ask if they could borrow them," he said. Mandeville, who won a Silver Star for combat gallantry in Vietnam, said he got angry after seeing U.S. Army Volunteer Reserve members acting like VIPs at ceremonies in Little Saigon, such as the Tet Festival Parade and Vietnamese veterans days. "They're treated as if they're the head of the 1st U.S. Division, but they're a scam," Mandeville said. "They're taking advantage of people who have a lot of respect for the military but don't always understand things." .




所有跟贴:


加跟贴

笔名: 密码: 注册笔名请按这里

标题:

内容: (BBCode使用说明