AWOL MOM

I read an interesting article in The O'Reilly Factor this morning about an AWOL military mom who refuses to return to the Iraqi desert and leave her 7 children stranded in Colorado.

As the article reads the woman, Specialist Simone Holcomb and her husband are both in the military and both have served in Iraq already, and her husband is still there. Simone's mother-in-law was taking care of the children, but had to return home in another state to care for her ailing husband. Ms. Holcomb has asked to be relieved of duty in Iraq and be stationed near her home but the military has refused. She also asked for compassionate discharge and was declined that plea.

What was the military thinking, to begin with, by accepting a husband and wife who are the parents of 7 children? For God's sake I am not a scholar but common sense dictates to me that the children are a priority over a damned stint in the Army, in some hole in the wall place like Iraq! If the parents didn't have the foresight, Army should have. It's not like this is a new institution and this sort of thing hasn't come up many times before.

I say give mom a compassionate discharge and send her home "to be the best she can be", and care for the people who need her help the most - her kids.