Pandemonium. In fact, the National Guard shut it down.

Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems.

Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.

Promise me we'll stay together, okay?" His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes to swim in, to float in, forever. "You and me."
"I promise," I say.
Behind us the door creaks open, and I turn around, expecting Raven, just as a voice cuts through the air: "Don't believe her.

She said, 'We need truck drivers and National Guard,' ... I'll get moving on it.

We processed them from the National Guard, and when they get to Fort Dix they will be transitioned into the regular Army.