{"id":14444,"date":"2009-09-17T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14444"},"modified":"2009-09-17T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T16:48:33","slug":"ivaw-member-complains-that-army-was-good-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14444","title":{"rendered":"IVAW member complains that Army was good to him"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"josh-noelsomethingorother\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Meet Josh Noehrenberg, a new IVAW member<\/a> – so new that he doesn’t have a profile on IVAW’s website, yet. Or maybe it’s for a good reason he doesn’t have a profile. He’s another of the IVAW members who haven’t been to Iraq or Afghanistan, yet he’s in the IRAQ VETERANS Against the War. He fought against Germans;<\/p>\n

“Technically you only need to serve in the global war on terror which took place in a number of different theaters not just Iraq,” Noehrenberg said. Noehrenberg said that serving in Germany was easy and uneventful until he returned home. “When we came back to the states we got reports later that there was in fact a terrorist plot over in Germany and that the [Military Police] uncovered it,” Noehrenberg said. Noehrenberg said he knew the terrorists that were uncovered in the plot and said one of them worked as a store clerk at the Post Exchange on his base. “It just struck home like, holy cow her and her boyfriend had pipe bombs ready to blow us to pieces,” Noehrenberg said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, there you go, he’s going to be claiming PTSD from hearing about this terrorist activity – the Matthis Chiroux syndrome. Then he went to Fort Polk and admits he didn’t oppose the war until it was his turn to go;<\/p>\n

Noehrenberg said after that event they received their orders that the company was going to be deployed to Iraq and that started a pattern of nonviolent resistance with Noehrenberg and other soldiers in his company. “We formed our own opinion about the matter,” Noehrenberg said. Noehrenberg said him and other troops tried to convince other troops in their company that “this war is not our war,” and purposely performed poorly during military exercises and marksmen tests. Noehrenberg said he realized that this company was being “poorly” trained and under supplied by his commanding officers. “I saw that our unit was not ready for the mission that was being handed down,” Noehrenberg said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In all of his years of experience, Noehrenberg determined his unit wasn’t ready to deploy and tried to leave his buddies behind to deploy unprepared for war. Yep, that’s how it happened, I swear.<\/p>\n

Noehrenberg said him and other soldiers held a teleconference with Sen. Richard Durbin to try and explain their views on how prepared the company was. “We’ll never know for sure whether or not it was our efforts per sea that was the turning point in the decision but we ended up not going on that deployment,” Noehrenberg said. “The entire battalion went home and got much needed rest.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wish I’d been his First Sergeant – I’d have worn his young ass out – push ups for days. Then he applies for a hardship discharge and gets it to help his family through some tough times – I understand that, but is Noehrenberg grateful for the Army’s decision to release him from his obligation to care for his family? You guessed it – nope;<\/p>\n

Noehrenberg currently works for the Iraq Veterans Against the War by talking to young people who are thinking about joining the military. He talks about his time in the military, and he hopes he can change their mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yup, cuz the Army so mistreated him. Here’s an article about Joshie-pooh<\/a> when he showed up at an Immgrant-rights march in Chicago – you tell me what his politics are;<\/p>\n

Josh Noehrenberg, 25, of Lombard, showed up carrying a red and black anarchy flag, a skateboard and the book “The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism” by Todd May. “These people are being exploited in a very real way,” said Noehrenberg, a political science major at Roosevelt University, referring to low-income workers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m guessing he’s another ISO member, but I might be wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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