US Army urges dead to re-enlist

January 6, 2007 11:38 AM

The US Army is to apologise to the families of officers killed or wounded in action who were sent letters urging them to return to active duty.
posted by Liquidwolf (30 comments total)

Yeah, it's a classic. I fear, however, that one of those pesky moderators will come along to "fix it up." For the benefit of those who arrive too late, the post was originally completely empty: all you saw was "posted by Liquidwolf."
posted by languagehat at 11:45 AM on January 6, 2007

The 4'33" of Metafilter posts. Outstanding!
posted by Falconetti at 11:46 AM on January 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

Man, that photo and caption... they just phoned that one in.
posted by rolypolyman at 11:50 AM on January 6, 2007

I will miss this post when it is gone, but I'm not sure how.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:53 AM on January 6, 2007

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posted by symphonik at 11:54 AM on January 6, 2007

that's beautiful, man.
posted by jonmc at 11:55 AM on January 6, 2007

I apologize for requesting that this soon to be deleted thread return to active duty in the Blue.
posted by null terminated at 11:55 AM on January 6, 2007

This is more interesting than zombie soldiers anyway.
posted by Liquidwolf at 11:56 AM on January 6, 2007

Metafilter:
posted by slapshot57 at 11:57 AM on January 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

This post wins the invisible Wii.
posted by brundlefly at 11:57 AM on January 6, 2007

well... at least the tags were appropriate
posted by medium format at 11:58 AM on January 6, 2007

Hey I'd rather post a blank than get razzed for a sing-link news post.
posted by The Deej at 11:58 AM on January 6, 2007

seen worst FPPs.
and who said the Army doesn't have a sense of humor?
posted by Busithoth at 12:01 PM on January 6, 2007

Has Phillip Glass sued yet?
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:03 PM on January 6, 2007

posted by [expletive deleted] at 12:07 PM on January 6, 2007

This is why we need the img tag...
posted by Jezztek at 12:08 PM on January 6, 2007

The greatest post ever.
posted by champthom at 12:09 PM on January 6, 2007

This thread is useless without invisible pictures.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:11 PM on January 6, 2007

 
posted by Imperfect at 12:12 PM on January 6, 2007

I've done the same damn thing. My sympathies.
posted by nickyskye at 12:12 PM on January 6, 2007

"US Army urges dead to re-enlist.."

Hmmm. Jerry's no longer with us (and already served) and Lesh, Weir Kruetzmann and the rest are kind of old and not the fighting type anyway.
posted by jonmc at 12:14 PM on January 6, 2007

Liquidwolf: "Yeah I know, it was a mistake but can't change it now, I'm sure it will be deleted momentarily."

They won't delete it. mathowie and jessamyn (the admins) usually just fix an html error like this rather than delete it.
posted by koeselitz at 12:14 PM on January 6, 2007

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posted by klarck at 12:17 PM on January 6, 2007

posted by matty at 12:17 PM on January 6, 2007

Zero link newsfilter.
posted by fire&wings at 12:21 PM on January 6, 2007

I actually didn't know we could do that!
posted by generichuman at 12:21 PM on January 6, 2007

I've just realized that we have user number 1, but who's user number 0 ?
posted by matteo at 12:24 PM on January 6, 2007

The letters were sent to more than 5,100 Army officers listed as recently having left the military.

But this figure included about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.

Dang, they're really looking for cannon fodder. I know a retired career officer, over age 60, who has received several summons to re-enlist.
posted by nickyskye at 12:26 PM on January 6, 2007

We all are, matteo. We all are.
posted by brundlefly at 12:28 PM on January 6, 2007