Matthis Chiroux is a member of the Army Individual Ready Reserve, he was on active duty for about five years before being discharged July 2007, he then moved to Brooklyn. He started college at Brooklyn College in January.Matthis Chiroux "grew up all over the south" but from about 10 years old until he joined the military he lived in Auburn Alabama. Military recruiters where in contact with Matthis as early as eleventh grade. Matthis' reasoning behind enlisting into the Army is very similar to almost all young people, opportunity. Matthis' turbulent relationship with his family caused him to leave home at a very early age, almost immediately after he graduated from high school. Matthis' decision to leave home at that early of an age severely limited his options, as time passed and his option began to dwindle even further he enlisted into the army in mid June about one and a half months after he graduated high school.
Matthis' Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) was 46 Quebec, which is Public Affairs Specialist/Writer. His duties included planning executing and producing news stories. Primarily print stories and photographs for use on the web or in print publications.
Matthis served in Japan on the island of Okinawa, after Japan he served two years in Heidelberg Germany while there he served as a strategic communicator for the U.S Army Europe Headquarters, a major command Headquarters, and while there he traveled extensively throughout Europe, he also served in Afghanistan, for about a week. Matthis went there to cover a story about a unit of American soldiers who were part of a training unit designed to help soldier perpare for combat at training bases specifically Hoensfeld Germany and they were deployed under the direct command of Romanian battalion.
Matthis also served on the island of Palawan in the Philippines, in support of a bilateral military exercise conducted between the United States Military and the Filipino Military.
Matthis said throughout the whole experience the only thing that kept him going was the thought that three or four or five years from now he would be in college and that would make it worthwhile. In February of 2008 Matthis received orders from the Army requiring him to report back to active duty on June 15th for a yearlong deployment in support of operation Iraqi Freedom.
5 comments:
Come on to LSAA/Balad AB - its safe for your candy ass now - no sniper or mortars like 4 years ago and 2 years ago.
You are nothing but a Chickenshit REMF. Took the rewards of Army Service but refuse to give what Duty demands. You disgust me and all the others who have served honorably.
I hope you get the DD or better BCD, and some time in the stockade, you BF.
Here in DC, I can actually hear the call of the blue falcon from my office.
Hey Anon- Come join us over here:
http://3-116thsniper.blogspot.com/2008/06/ivaw-forces-of-evil-in-bozo-nightmare.html
I mean come the F on...your job is to sit behind a typewriter and punch out reports about men and women who are getting it done while you cower behind your desk.
How scary is that, really...
Did he not read his contract when he signed it? It clearly states that you will do 8 years in the Army. So if you did 5 years active, well guess what you still owe 3 years, that means 1. you go to a reserve or national guard unit and finish your 3 years or, 2. you go on the IRR (individual ready reserves). While in the IRR your name is on a list, this list is used by the Army to fill open spots in units that are deploying overseas. So by going into the IRR you are making yourself available to be deployed! Whereas if you go to a reserve unit, your chances of being deployed are depending on the unit you are in. Some units will allow other reserve units to take their people as fillers, some won't. Some units are scheduled to deploy soon while some aren't/ So in the case of Chiroux its his own damn fault! Suck it up, be a man and honor the contract you signed! Oh and by refusing to go makes you a deserter, which I hope gets your ass thrown in a cell block with Bubba, who will show you what it is really like in prison(don't forget the soap on a rope!)
See the comments left by Chiroux's father and other people who have met him and have been scarred by his malevolent tactics on www.thisainthell.org.
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