malloy: Army sends infant to protective services, mom to Afghanistan

[RepublicanElephant]

Army has mom, Alexis Hutchinson, arrested and 11-month old son put into county foster care system. Alexis has now been ordered to deploy to Afghanistan on Sunday, November 15, where she will be court martialed.

Action Alert: Contact Congresswoman Barbara Lee to urge her to "Request that the Army not deploy Alexis Hutchinson to Afghanistan so that she can care for her son." From the 9th District (Oakland/Berkeley, CA) phone: [phone] (fax: [phone]). Nationwide: 202- 225-2661 (fax: [phone]). email: [e-mail]

Donate to Alexis' legal and family support fund (couragetoresist.org/alexis)

By Rai Sue Sussman. November 12, 2009

Specialist Alexis Hutchinson of Oakland, CA is the single mother of an 11-month old boy, Kamani. Currently she is confined to Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, where she has been posted since February 2008, and threatened with a court martial if she does not agree to be deployed to Afghanistan, even though she has not found anyone to take care of her child while she is away.
http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/

[MrMickeysMom]

1. Thanks for posting this...

I'm listening online before bed and was outraged. I'll kick!

[Arkansas Granny]

2. This is just unbelievable. I understand that the Army is overextended,

but are they so desperate that they have to go to these lengths for personnel?

[boppers]

3. Her mother (the grandmother) was supposed to be part of the plan, and then backed out...

That's gotta suck.

I can't help but wonder what other details are involved, but this seems like a SNAFU all around.

[RepublicanElephant]

6. the grandmother is already caring for a special needs daughter,

her sick mother (the great-grandmother), and a sickly sister. she tried to care for the grandbaby, but realized she couldn't and had to take him back to his mother in georgia. the army told the mom they would give her more time to find a caretaker for the baby, but then reversed and said she had to go afghanistan now, childcare or not.

i can't imagine how this must be affecting the morale of the other parent-soldiers in her unit.

[proud patriot]

4. I'm listening

:mad:

[proud patriot]

5. Call Barbara Lee it's her district

Malloy said someone emailed in that Lee's voice mailbox
is full .. contact her someway

[classysassy]

7. The heartless military

I served over twenty years in the military,I would not serve in todays military where the rich boys and girls stay home and profit from the misery of the poor soldiers.Bring back the draft let us all defend our country,not just the poor.

[provis99]

8. let's do it the Roman Republic way

make the rich fight for the country, since they have the most to defend; exempt the poor, just like the ancient Romans during the Republic did.

[boppers]

9. and by "exempt", do you mean "kill", as the romans did?

That seems a bit brutal by today's measures.