State Senator called up to active military duty

[sunny]

Has anyone else heard of this happening your your city/state? I definitely think it's fair, I'm just surprised.

wwltv.com


Marrero State Senator called up to active military duty

03:08 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. -- State Senator Derrick Shepherd of Marrero has been called to active military duty in the U.S. Army Reserve and is heading to South Korea.

Elected to the Senate post in May after serving in the state House of Representatives, Shepherd is an Army lawyer and holds the rank of captain.

The Senate's communication office said it was unknown how long Shepherd would be in South Korea.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[GalvestonDuck]

Yup, and his story was just on the news this evening. Had to make note of it while I was running around so I'd get back here and post this for ya.

Rick Noriega -- http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/081605 ... riega.html

[sunny]

Thanks for the link Duckie! Very interesting.

[bfez1]

Never heard of that before. Interesting!

[USCG_Hurricane_Watcher]

Didn't a governor from some state get called up for AD in the Air National Guard or USAFR? I don't know if was SC or somewhere else...or was it Lt. Gov.?

[pojo]

The press secretary for a local WI congressman was called up for active duty. He'll be on active duty until April. (He's a part of my group)