Army asks dead to sign up for another hitch

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Posted by josh4 on Jan-07-2007 04:36:

Army asks dead to sign up for another hitch

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Army asks dead to sign up for another hitch

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who were mistakenly sent letters urging them to return to active duty.

The letters were sent a few days after Christmas to more than 5,100 Army officers who had recently left the service. Included were letters to about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.

"Army personnel officials are contacting those officers' families now to personally apologize for erroneously sending the letters," the Army said in a brief news release issued Friday night. (Watch how the Army is trying to make amendsVideo)

The Army did not say how or when the mistake was discovered. It said the database normally used for such correspondence with former officers had been "thoroughly reviewed" to remove the names of wounded or dead soldiers.

"But an earlier list was used inadvertently for the December mailings," the Army statement said, adding that the Army is apologizing to those officers and families affected and "regrets any confusion."

Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/05/de...s.ap/index.html

sigh

Posted by shaolin_Z on Jan-07-2007 05:07:

That is just... wrong. And really embarassing on their part.

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-07-2007 05:14:

I don't know, I think we should look into this more carefully. I mean if we sent an undead army full of zombies and skeletons after those darn terrorists, I bet they'd be pretty freaked out.

Posted by metalgearsolid on Jan-07-2007 05:17:

^LOL

That was pretty funny, Arby.

Posted by shaolin_Z on Jan-07-2007 05:17:

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Originally posted by Arbiter
I don't know, I think we should look into this more carefully. I mean if we sent an undead army full of zombies and skeletons after those darn terrorists, I bet they'd be pretty freaked out.

LOL, good way to "terrorize" them I guess. On another note, thanks a bunch for the laughs dude. My fucking abs are kind of sore from yesterday because of your COR whore campaign add .

Posted by Lilith on Jan-07-2007 05:18:

Probably heavily automated like every other large government billing and accounts system and those things make a ton of mistakes.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jan-07-2007 05:54:

^^ yeah, exactly. as a pencil-pusher myself stuff like this would happen in every govt dept at some stage. its unfortunate but hardly crucifiable

lol @ arbiter.