Monroe Chat

I understand the Parents concern, I feel for them, however, would suggest that the Parents (Mother) should not have taken the word of an Army Recruiter verbatim, but had the good judgement to REVIEW the paperwork she signed.

The suit says Poole's mother signed her name and her husband's name to enlistment papers in February after being told that the paperwork simply allowed the Army to take her then 17-year-old daughter for an overnight evaluation. The suit says her father never gave consent.

The story concludes by saying that the Father didn't sign....... Hmmmm, and yet by all appearances, he did (or his Wife did, quite stupidly,) it would seam.

I believe that the key words should have been the biggest indicator of the situation....enlistment papers
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Story: WCPO
Savannah, NY (AP) -- The parents of a Central New York soldier who recently finished training at Fort Leonard Wood are seeking to block her overseas deployment, alleging that an Army recruiter misled the family.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the parents of Hillary J. Poole of Savannah, filed a federal lawsuit Friday in Springfield, Mo.

Poole is scheduled to be shipped Thursday to St. Louis. From there, she is slated to go to Germany before arriving in Afghanistan in October.

The suit says Poole's mother signed her name and her husband's name to enlistment papers in February after being told that the paperwork simply allowed the Army to take her then 17-year-old daughter for an overnight evaluation. The suit says her father never gave consent.

"You can just imagine that it's a pretty traumatic time," said Burton Newman, one of the lawyers representing the Pooles. They are also represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri.

A spokesman at Fort Leonard Wood told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Army would not be able to comment about the case before Monday. Calls that The Associated Press made to the post's media office Saturday were not immediately returned.

Newman said that the recruiter's version of events will likely differ from the parents, "but it doesn't change the fact that the father didn't sign."

"Army regulations require both parents to consent. And they didn't," Newman said.

I didn't think the Army had slumber parties?

My thoughts exactly

since we can't can't hurt anyones feelings, they might have chaged the rules.

HRHPatey wrote:My thoughts exactly

If she's already been through training, they clearly didn't have an issue with her being enlisted until they found out she was going to Afghanistan...

I don't at all believe the mom didn't know what she was signing. And, can't she get herself in trouble for admitting she forged her husbands name?

Um... she already went thru Basic and now they are complaining the enlistment wasn't legal?

I actually had the thought that after weeks of basic training, the suggestion of an 'Overnight assessment' was a tad presumptuous, to say the least..... Can we say 'signatory remorse?'

I am not versed in the ramifications of false representation,(Is that an appropriate term here?) It surely seams that the legal aspect of this (aside from the bizarre claim) could land 'Mother' in a quagmire of trouble....

At days end.... can this Young Lady/ Family, request the contract be declared 'null and void?' (At the time, she was 17, thus considered a minor?) Or, will they (ultimately, 'her') be held accountable to fulfill her 'obligations.'

(Dag gum, I apologize for my blatant abuse of punctuation within this post!! LOL)

This case will sink faster than the Titanic!

I bet the US Army backs down and lets her out of her contract, or at least cancels her orders.
Another Soldier filed suit when he got orders to Afghanistan. His suit stated that Obama is not the Commander in Chief, since he has not provided an official birth certificate stating that he was born in the USA, then any orders received are not valid.
The Army canceled his orders and the Federal Judge threw out the case, stating it was a moot point since the orders were canceled. SO...Obama still hasn't had to produce a valid US Birth Certificate (according to some people). More law suits are pending.

fixitman wrote:I bet the US Army backs down and lets her out of her contract, or at least cancels her orders.
Another Soldier filed suit when he got orders to Afghanistan. His suit stated that Obama is not the Commander in Chief, since he has not provided an official birth certificate stating that he was born in the USA, then any orders received are not valid.
The Army canceled his orders and the Federal Judge threw out the case, stating it was a moot point since the orders were canceled. SO...Obama still hasn't had to produce a valid US Birth Certificate (according to some people). More law suits are pending.

Very interesting.....Indeed!
Anyone wanna bet if he does have to produce one he would be impeached faster than anything?
Good point Sir! Good point!

I'm not so sure he'd be impeached. The House and Senate are both controlled by Dems, so following the Constitution is not exactly a priority. (Not that the Republicans are following it either. They're just not following it in a different way)

Military.com is reporting that a "deal" has been reached between the girl's family and the Army. Her deployment has been delayed until the situation has been resolved.
She's now 18 years old.