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September 10th, 2005
11:35 am

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vch
the Wit

(71% dark, 30% spontaneous, 15% vulgar)

your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK


You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat.

I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer.

Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion.

You probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais




The 3-Variable Funny Test!
- it rules -

If you're interested, try my latest: The Terrorism Test




My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:


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You scored higher than 5% on vulgarity
Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid

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March 21st, 2005
12:03 am

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I love Corrinne and Corrinne loves Me.

:)

Current Mood: horny

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January 19th, 2005
05:34 pm

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A picture I painted.
I don't know what's wrong with it here, but it looks a lot better than this. When I took the picture there was a glare on part of the black. SO, what I tried to do was just paint all the black the same black in photoshop, but it came out horrible on this thing.


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January 16th, 2005
05:53 pm

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The Man in the Sea
Salt eaten sword and water-logged boots
Accompanied Long Beard with incredulous throat
Now be there lying upon his gaze
The whole horizon storms to claw at his face
Twelve ye'rs he had followed his great star of lore
And found many pleasures in self righteous wars
But here in this storm dear Mother did thrust
Her teeth through his hull to plunge him thus
Into Her bosom where he lushed his final drink.
And so he was swept into the sea
With all the gemstones he thought made he
And clutched to his chest a satchel of grief
Not of letters from home but of his penniless fee
For the cost of his life was what satisfied she
And if one could listen this man would weep
But a few tears in the ocean could not set him free
So he stood there and looked up at what light was not left
Not one last glimmer to ease him through death
Just the anxious hauling of his body to the depths
For around his feet tied was his ship of speed
Rushing him toward eternity.

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December 19th, 2004
06:22 pm

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I like ze bunny...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny.php

Current Mood: content

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November 19th, 2004
02:50 pm

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So, Tonight,
Hrmmm, well, I'm gonna try that Dungeons and Dragons thing, starting tonight by creating a character for myself. I wanted to make a Golem with it's masters' (a Mind Flayer) brain in a secure casing within its chest and the spirit of the Mind Flayer in the power crystal at teh core of the golem, running it. This meant that I would be a tough golem (of some as-of-yet-undeserned-metal-type) with some of the abilities of a Mind Flayer ... a free thinking, Smart Golem, if you will. Buuuuut, Sgt. Richards, the Dungeon Master for where I'll be playing, said that the campaign they are about to start wouldn't allow that because the characters are being ripped back in time -- a time where dragons exist here and, apparently, Mind Flayers don't. So, OK, I'll think of something else. What he, Sgt. Richards plans to do is have every player play two, 2, TWO, characters -- a baby dragon and a new level 15 character they make themselves.

I will DEFINATELY need to get the hang of all that shit soon, if I really want to get playing it. I'll have fun playing alongside Staff Sgt. Aberl. He is a joker. And, a good guy.

Hopefully, if I like it enough, Corrinne will come watch or even play a little when she is here with me!!!!!! That would be awe to the some. I like doing things together with her.

I told Corrinne I was bored the other day and she asked me to write a poem with a picture to go with it. I tried, but to no avail did I succeed. I felt bad. I really feel that I can only write well under Inspiration's Corner. It's a cliff off long island Corna in my fantasy world. There are greener than neon-pastel green tree leaves and hanging vines, roses of fire red-orange that float and dive with the waters and falls, earth of soft footing and grass for comrting blankets. Manymany blankets, and they are all Corrinnes', for she is there too. This is a place where random things fall from the sky and stop where they wish. Objects of Infinite Power. Gravity holds no bounty with the Earth. That is where my inspiration lies.

I Love You.
Zachary.

Death holds validity in paper n'more
It's as easy to erase 'n' rewite a breathing, beating core.
What lives in paper lives in this world.

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02:32 pm

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Hey Bruce...
http://www.card1004.com/card/bsjj/53.swf

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November 16th, 2004
03:34 pm

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Oooo, they just keep givin' and givin' and there is never very much time for the doin'.

As for today, I have to go in about 10 minutes to take a picture of a cut ribbon followed by asking questions about Child and Youth Services. The ceremony is at 4:30 p.m. Dan asked me to type if tonight. Tonight is a late night.

This means that tomorrow morning I'll still be able to make the Class A's Inspection formation at 8:45 a.m. after PT. Friday, after the company commander's change of command ceremony, I have to talk to some fop about another change of command ceremony and the organization that changed commands. This too I have to write the same day because of Thanksgiving next week -- because of the holiday, the printers are publishing the paper early, so we have to finish the paper early.

Though, this all wouldn't have been a problem if Alan Schmuck (Schmack) and his able-bodied crew didn't postpone their LTA article, again... Sensitivity issue, apparently. Eventhough I am quite sure anything I wrote isn't sensitive information. Heck, in fact, you can check for yourself 'cause it was my last entry.

Monday and Tuesday next week Phillips and I have also got to help Pauline with some Community Breakfest that I hold little experience with. Phillips is familiar with it. Good for him. We need to be in the office at 8 a.m. Monday (miss PT. Yessss....) and at the Officer's Club in Class A's at 6:30 a.m. (miss PT, again. Yessss.... But, wake up hella early. Noooo....) to sign in people. Huray. I will be the registrar. A job I've always wanted ... really, now.

Anyway, Thrusday and Friday I have off again -- thank you Thanksgiving -- and the Misses :) does fly in that Friday for a nice, very nice, length in stay. I will be flying with her back to Long Beach on the 20th of December for Christmas and New Year's.

Ho-hum.



I Love You, Corrinne.
Zachary.

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November 10th, 2004
05:30 pm

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An article I just wrote ... I felt like sharing it with you all.
The Army has a future in technological integration due in large part to its logistical foresight organization, the Logistics Transformation Agency.
Know to the Army as their ‘Logistics Architect,’ LTAs mission is to develop logistical concepts that support future war fighting and bring required capabilities to war fighters sooner than later, said Roger Houck, team chief of Joint Logistics in the Future Logistics Division. There are five specific areas LTAs mission focuses on: the research, development, modeling, and testing of logistics technologies and business practices; the strategic planning and change of process synchronization; the integration of logistics systems and processes; joint operational logistics planning and execution; and, the assessment of total Army logistics effectiveness.
“We are the result of a merger of two organizations,” said the executive director of LTA, Mark O’Konski. In 1995, Strategic Logistics Agency merged with Logistics Evaluation Agency to become Logistics Integration Agency that was renamed to Logistics Transformation Agency in 2003. Fort Belvoir is home to one half of the agency while the other half of LTA is in New Cumberland, Pa.
The significance of this organization is that no other service in the United States military has a single organization – with trained professional in strategic planning, information systems, modeling and simulation, science and technology, business process reengineering, and transportation – to handle the difficult challenges associated with establishing a logistical system in support of able forces across military operations, said Houck.
“It’s important that we have the means to look and integrate these technologies,” O’Konski said.
Another significant attribute about the organization is that LTA acts as ‘technology scouts’ for the G-4 (formerly known as Logistics for the Pentagon), identifying, advocating, and prototyping technologies that improve mobility, distribution, and sustaining for current and future Army forces, said Houck.
In order to keep an updated and streamline operating core, O’Konski said he keeps a videophone communication link with the New Cumberland half of LTA.
“What I focus my talk about is the process and rate of change in society and how it relates to the Army,” O’Konski said. “It’s amazing how much it changes in society and how it affects the Army – and in many good ways.”
“If you look at a mankind perspective, the society that can recognize and integrate technology is the one that’s going to (dominate),” he said. “America is good at that and that’s why we’re the super-power of today.”
O’Konski said that LTA tries to look five and 10 years ahead to determine the technological need of the Army in the future – but even now he admitted the Army is playing catch-up to the technological discoveries of today.
“We have a future logistics division and they look at technology and how we should change to fit that,” he said. “What our guys try to do is to build an architecture and make models about the processes and how new technologies change the way we do business,” he said. “When you’re done with all the research you have a ‘to be’ model of what it could be, and then it gets brought up to the Army.”
A way LTA made their mission easier on themselves was digitizing their policies and doctrines. This is important because LTA cannot augment a new technology into the Army standard against any policy or doctrine currently in effect.
“A few years ago we fully digitized our policy documents and put it on the Internet,” said O’Konski. “We were the first functional organization to do that and it saves us a lot of time. We have linked all the policy and doctrine into these models we do. So, when you make the model, the policy will pop up on the computer, so you know what to change in the policy to make the model work.”
So, because LTA took advantage of the Internet in a very practical way, the agency is capable of accomplishing other areas of their organization in a more fluidly.
There are seven main facets within LTA:
• Strategic Planning: the lead agent in logistics strategic planning, proposing logistical concepts, initiatives, and process improvements that further transformation – Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom dramatically affected the planning process in terms of ensuring logisticians are able to match the operational tempo as the combat forces.
• Logistics Assessment: mainly assesses ‘to be’ models in current architectural logistics framework.
• Policy and Process Modernization: home of the Business Process Redesign Laboratory – state-of-the-art decision support tools for assessing logistics policy, processes, and technology improvements. BPRL also identifies and tests new concepts, leading-edge technologies, and communications capabilities.
• Knowledge Management: the lead application of logistics knowledge management tools and capabilities.
• Technology Exploitation: identifies new and emerging technologies that can be inserted into Army processes and weapons platforms, as well as demonstrations in operational environments.
• Power Projection and Distribution: develops concepts, policies, and procedures for enhancement of the effectiveness and efficiency of power projection and distribution processes and capabilities, including demonstrations of emerged and emerging technologies in this field.
• Logistics Systems and Communications: logistical assessments, analyses, and evaluations of current functional and automation architectures, operational logistics concepts and doctrine, emerging system changes, new technology, and requirements. This facet is also in charge of developing and prototyping future automated logistical information management systems, concepts, strategies, as well as their testing and demonstrations.
LTA was responsible for the development and induction of technologies and strategies like the Business Process Laboratory, the logistics Corporate Level Metric Program, Configured Loads for rapid deployment and precision support of units, Integrated Logistics Aerial Re-supply, and the Striker Brigade Combat Team, or SBCT, which was deployed to Iraq immediately after its training and certification, Houck said.
Future plans in LTA include delving into technology dealing with atoms and protons and molecular replication, evolutionary models, the expansion of business process redesign capabilities, Sense and Respond Logistics, Joint Theater Logistics and Joint Theater Distribution, said Houck.

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There is a very cute doggie picture I have that I wanted to share with you, as well; but I don't know how to get it on here ... It is in some weird format...

Love,
Zachary.

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October 21st, 2004
03:48 pm

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Hmmmm, A Battle Royale, you say?
LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito
Username
Weapon you got:Rattlesnake
Your goal in the game:To be heard.
Number of students killed:42,000
For fun, you kill:Captain Planet
Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:Barny and his friends
Accidentally, you kill:Bo, the Bohemian Bo Man
You have an alliance with:The Bloods and The Crypts (secretively, of course; they hate each other!)
You develop a puppy-love romance with:All Turtlekind
Watch out for:Falling satellite parts
Percentage of survival possibility:: 81%
Dying words:"George W. Bush is a fucking idiot, and you voted AGAIN for him!?!? You're goin' down, motherfucker..."
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LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito
Username
Weapon you got:Cat ears
Your goal in the game:World annihilation.
Number of students killed:396 bagillion
For fun, you kill:The Senate
Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:President George W. Bush
Accidentally, you kill:The Catholic religion
You have an alliance with:The residents of planet Earth
You develop a puppy-love romance with:A very smooth rock
Watch out for:Spandex chaffing
Percentage of survival possibility:: 41%, but you still kill all your key enemies
Dying words:"I'll stick these ears so far up your poopy hole you'll taste the shit you speak, allier of the United States government!"
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LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito
Username
Weapon you got:Boobs
Your goal in the game:Media exposure.
Number of students killed:87
For fun, you kill:mystifyem
Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:weatherpatterns
Accidentally, you kill:hte77
You have an alliance with:lucid_anne
You develop a puppy-love romance with:stubbyattacks
Watch out for:the_sean
Percentage of survival possibility:: 84%
Dying words:"Will you look at that."
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LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito
Username
Weapon you got:Machete
Your goal in the game:To save the damsel in distress.
Number of students killed:18
For fun, you kill:gotmilk69
Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:innocuouseve
Accidentally, you kill:falnmidnitestar
You have an alliance with:falnmidnitestar
You develop a puppy-love romance with:iamaninfinite
Watch out for:rosered517
Percentage of survival possibility:: 42%
Dying words:"Surprise."
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LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito
Username
Weapon you got:Coffee
Your goal in the game:To meet Jesus.
Number of students killed:56
For fun, you kill:psymarie
Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:amiefancypants
Accidentally, you kill:drinkmemercury
You have an alliance with:ailurophile66
You develop a puppy-love romance with:sweetmischief
Watch out for:brogonzo
Percentage of survival possibility:: 93%
Dying words:"Thanks."
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03:02 pm

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blah.
It's not good being back....





I had to take a PT test pretty much right when I got back here to Virginia. I hadn't done anything for about a month, didn't drink much water, didn't stretch, wore the wrong shoes, and didn't sleep much the night before. Talk about the odds being stacked against me.

My counter for the push ups and sit ups couldn't count straight to save her life, either. I specifically didn't stop on my push ups until I was over 42 reps that I heard her count. After I paused and resumed she started calling off 30, 31, 32 and I was about to stop and ask her what was up right then, but I just decided to keep going because pausing in the front-leaning-rest-position gets me tired (go figure on the name of it then). Because of her mis-count I only did 68, where I probably did over 78 correct push ups. She didn't count straight for the sit ups either: 30, 32, 33, 31, 35, 36, etc.... But, to my ear, she did eventually say just about all the numbers that she missed. I did 84 of those, which is a high for me.

The run I did horridably on. Because of all the factors I stated earlier (not to include bad counting) I was only ablt to run a 15:37 two miles, barely passing (15:54 is the cut-off for passing at 60 percent). If those factors weren't involved, I probably would have run a 13:00 or slightly less. I was pretty much the fastest runner in my company. So, that being said, my performence was depressing, especially since I threw up afterward -- I believe the second or third time that's ever happened to me.

Anyway, that is all. I just wanted to get that off my chest. I can contest the push ups but would have to retake the whole test in a few weeks, but I want to see how fast my run improves before I would say anything ... plus I don't care too much, anyway.

Love,
Zachary.

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October 1st, 2004
12:01 pm

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OK, this is long, but I was laughin' so hard! Hahaha!. ..
Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beLos Pantalones
You ride around in a2003 Land Rover Defender
Yo gangTha Vanilla Icers
Yo shoes beK-Mart Brand Tennis Shoes
Yo dubs be dis big, fool1,928
How much money you got?$5.42090349603526e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 91%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beSteve
You ride around in a2003 Land Rover Defender
Yo gangGary Coleman's Alleycat Thugs
Yo shoes beFuzzy slippers
Yo dubs be dis big, fool893
How much money you got?$4.7458366511415e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 1%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beCapn' Whackin Cracka
You ride around in aNeon Pink H2 Hummer
Yo gangThe Yakuza
Yo shoes beThigh-high go-go boots
Yo dubs be dis big, fool3,754
How much money you got?$4.37441372191521e+25
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 34%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beShazam, the Man
You ride around in a2003 Land Rover Defender
Yo gangSlim Shady's Pink Ladies
Yo shoes beCement blocks
Yo dubs be dis big, fool3,095
How much money you got?$1.5216767317758e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 41%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beB.B. Bumble B.
You ride around in a2004 Chrysler Pacifica
Yo gangSeñor Padre's Las Personas Malas
Yo shoes beK-Mart Brand Tennis Shoes
Yo dubs be dis big, fool633
How much money you got?$4.73650106052967e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 98%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beSteve
You ride around in aA pair of 1962 Roller Skates
Yo gangThe Meatloaf Pummelers
Yo shoes beBaby-blue Timberlands
Yo dubs be dis big, fool193
How much money you got?$3.44714205604849e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 34%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name bePlatinum Ringa
You ride around in aHuffy Sun Catcher (Ride that bicycle, fool)
Yo gangTha Vanilla Icers
Yo shoes beMade outta trash bags
Yo dubs be dis big, fool1,125
How much money you got?$4.69287274012151e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 86%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beB.B. Bumble B.
You ride around in aNeon Pink H2 Hummer
Yo gangGary Coleman's Alleycat Thugs
Yo shoes beStiletto heels
Yo dubs be dis big, fool4,770
How much money you got?$5.42296769991239e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 43%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beV-Shizzle
You ride around in aHuffy Sun Catcher (Ride that bicycle, fool)
Yo gangGary Coleman's Alleycat Thugs
Yo shoes beFlip-flops
Yo dubs be dis big, fool1,940
How much money you got?$1.70498621646862e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 42%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beHoneyfresh
You ride around in aA pair of 1962 Roller Skates
Yo gangTha Vanilla Icers
Yo shoes beFlip-flops
Yo dubs be dis big, fool4,202
How much money you got?$3.61590876727193e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 32%
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Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name beCracka Jack Snappa
You ride around in a2004 Chrysler Pacifica
Yo gangThe Adjective Nouners
Yo shoes beK-Mart Brand Tennis Shoes
Yo dubs be dis big, fool3,825
How much money you got?$1.85660656279389e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 35%
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September 30th, 2004
07:45 pm

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Update on the draft info...
S 89 seems to be the same as HR 163. One is just a House of Representatives Bill and the other a Senate Bill.

Love,
Zach.

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07:29 pm

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THE DRAFT BY JUNE 15, 2005?!?!
http://thomas.loc.gov

The link above takes you to the Library of Congress.

Type in HR 163 or its componet S 89 to see the Bill on the Draft.

In fact, I'll just copy/paste it below, here:

Below is HR 163. Yes, it says 'of 2003,' but I heard it was being brought up this year under the skirt of the election so not many people would know about it and try to stop it.

Universal National Service Act of 2003 (Introduced in House)

HR 163 IH


108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 163
To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 7, 2003
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. STARK, and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services



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A BILL
To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Universal National Service Act of 2003'.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. National service obligation.

Sec. 3. Two-year period of national service.

Sec. 4. Implementation by the President.

Sec. 5. Induction.

Sec. 6. Deferments and postponements.

Sec. 7. Induction exemptions.

Sec. 8. Conscientious objection.

Sec. 9. Discharge following national service.

Sec. 10. Registration of females under the Military Selective Service Act.

Sec. 11. Relation of Act to registration and induction authority of Military Selective Service Act.

Sec. 12. Definitions.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL SERVICE OBLIGATION.

(a) OBLIGATION FOR YOUNG PERSONS- It is the obligation of every citizen of the United States, and every other person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform a period of national service as prescribed in this Act unless exempted under the provisions of this Act.

(b) FORM OF NATIONAL SERVICE- National service under this Act shall be performed either--

(1) as a member of an active or reverse component of the uniformed services; or

(2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President, promotes the national defense, including national or community service and homeland security.

(c) INDUCTION REQUIREMENTS- The President shall provide for the induction of persons covered by subsection (a) to perform national service under this Act.

(d) SELECTION FOR MILITARY SERVICE- Based upon the needs of the uniformed services, the President shall--

(1) determine the number of persons covered by subsection (a) whose service is to be performed as a member of an active or reverse component of the uniformed services; and

(2) select the individuals among those persons who are to be inducted for military service under this Act.

(e) CIVILIAN SERVICE- Persons covered by subsection (a) who are not selected for military service under subsection (d) shall perform their national service obligation under this Act in a civilian capacity pursuant to subsection (b)(2).

SEC. 3. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

(a) GENERAL RULE- Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period of national service performed by a person under this Act shall be two years.

(b) GROUNDS FOR EXTENSION- At the discretion of the President, the period of military service for a member of the uniformed services under this Act may be extended--

(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or illness incurred in line of duty; or

(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for any time lost to training for any cause.

(c) EARLY TERMINATION- The period of national service for a person under this Act shall be terminated before the end of such period under the following circumstances:

(1) The voluntary enlistment and active service of the person in an active or reverse component of the uniformed services for a period of at least two years, in which case the period of basic military training and education actually served by the person shall be counted toward the term of enlistment.

(2) The admission and service of the person as a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

(3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to accept a Reserve commission in the appropriate service with an obligation to serve
on active duty if such a commission is offered upon completion of the program.


(4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION BY THE PRESIDENT.

(a) IN GENERAL- The President shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.

(b) MATTER TO BE COVERED BY REGULATIONS- Such regulations shall include specification of the following:

(1) The types of civilian service that may be performed for a person's national service obligation under this Act.

(2) Standards for satisfactory performance of civilian service and of penalties for failure to perform civilian service satisfactorily.

(3) The manner in which persons shall be selected for induction under this Act, including the manner in which those selected will be notified of such selection.

(4) All other administrative matters in connection with the induction of persons under this Act and the registration, examination, and classification of such persons.

(5) A means to determine questions or claims with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction under this Act, including questions of conscientious objection.

(6) Standards for compensation and benefits for persons performing their national service obligation under this Act through civilian service.

(7) Such other matters as the President determines necessary to carry out this Act.

(c) USE OF PRIOR ACT- To the extent determined appropriate by the President, the President may use for purposes of this Act the procedures provided in the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), including procedures for registration, selection, and induction.

SEC. 5. INDUCTION.

(a) IN GENERAL- Every person subject to induction for national service under this Act, except those whose training is deferred or postponed in accordance with this Act, shall be called and inducted by the President for such service at the time and place specified by the President.

(b) AGE LIMITS- A person may be inducted under this Act only if the person has attained the age of 18 and has not attained the age of 26.

(c) VOLUNTARY INDUCTION- A person subject to induction under this Act may volunteer for induction at a time other than the time at which the person is otherwise called for induction.

(d) EXAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION- Every person subject to induction under this Act shall, before induction, be physically and mentally examined and shall be classified as to fitness to perform national service. The President may apply different classification standards for fitness for military service and fitness for civilian service.

SEC. 6. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS.

(a) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A person who is pursuing a standard course of study, on a full-time basis, in a secondary school or similar institution of learning shall be entitled to have induction under this Act postponed until the person--

(1) obtains a high school diploma;

(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study; or

(3) attains the age of 20.

(b) HARDSHIP AND DISABILITY- Deferments from national service under this Act may be made for--

(1) extreme hardship; or

(2) physical or mental disability.

(c) TRAINING CAPACITY- The President may postpone or suspend the induction of persons for military service under this Act as necessary to limit the number of persons receiving basic military training and education to the maximum number that can be adequately trained.

(d) TERMINATION- No deferment or postponement of induction under this Act shall continue after the cause of such deferment or postponement ceases.

SEC. 7. INDUCTION EXEMPTIONS.

(a) QUALIFICATIONS- No person may be inducted for military service under this Act unless the person is acceptable to the Secretary concerned for training and meets the same health and physical qualifications applicable under section 505 of title 10, United States Code, to persons seeking original enlistment in a regular component of the Armed Forces.

(b) OTHER MILITARY SERVICE- No person shall be liable for induction under this Act who--

(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six months, in any component of the uniformed services on active duty; or

(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States
Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a Navy accredited State maritime academy, a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the naval aviation college program, so long as that person satisfactorily continues in and completes two years training therein.


SEC. 8. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.

(a) CLAIMS AS CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR- Any person selected under this Act for induction into the uniformed services who claims, because of religious training and belief (as defined in section 6(j) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 456(j))), exemption from combatant training included as part of that military service and whose claim is sustained under such procedures as the President may prescribe, shall, when inducted, participate in military service that does not include any combatant training component.

(b) TRANSFER TO CIVILIAN SERVICE- Any such person whose claim is sustained may, at the discretion of the President, be transferred to a national service program for performance of such person's national service obligation under this Act.

SEC. 9. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SERVICE.

(a) DISCHARGE- Upon completion or termination of the obligation to perform national service under this Act, a person shall be discharged from the uniformed services or from civilian service, as the case may be, and shall not be subject to any further service under this Act.

(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AUTHORITIES- Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the call to active service in the uniformed services of any person who is a member of a regular or reserve component of the uniformed services.

SEC. 10. REGISTRATION OF FEMALES UNDER THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

(a) REGISTRATION REQUIRED- Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 453(a)) is amended--

(1) by striking `male' both places it appears;

(2) by inserting `or herself' after `himself'; and

(3) by striking `he' and inserting `the person'.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 16(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 466(a)) is amended by striking `men' and inserting `persons'.

SEC. 11. RELATION OF ACT TO REGISTRATION AND INDUCTION AUTHORITY OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

(a) REGISTRATION- Section 4 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 454) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:

`(h) This section does not apply with respect to the induction of persons into the Armed Forces pursuant to the Universal National Service Act of 2003.'.

(b) INDUCTION- Section 17(c) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 467(c)) is amended by striking `now or hereafter' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting `inducted pursuant to the Universal National Service Act of 2003.'.

SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) The term `military service' means service performed as a member of an active or reverse component of the uniformed services.

(2) The term `Secretary concerned' means the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service.

(3) The term `United States', when used in a geographical sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

(4) The term `uniformed services' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

Love,
Zach.

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September 28th, 2004
06:21 pm

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Indecent Desires.
Do you know that bad girls go to hell?...

I'm sitting in the concrete
I listening for a heartbeat
I'm sitting in the painting
The moments I've been waiting
I'm sitting in the window
I'm listening to the wind blow
I'm sitting in the "now" class
I'm waiting for the bloodlust
I'm sitting in teh doorway
I'm wishing for a new day
I'm choking on the landscape
I'm cutting through the red tape
I'm sitting in the concrete
I'm listening for a heartbeat
I'm sitting in the concrete
I'm listening for a heartbeat
I'm the jokers across teh line
And the final word is mine
Our list has touched the world
And our words are understood
And the sun has drifted high
And the blind man gave a cry
And the swallows danced above the sun
And the swallows danced above the sun
... I want you to put Felix's penis on me.
-Porcupine Tree

Run through forests on a hot summer day
Try to break down walls of numbing pain
Give me the freedom to destroy
Give me ... radioactive toy
Taste the water from a stream of rotting dead
Eat the apple and cough a dying breath
Give me the freedom to destroy
Give me ... radioactive toy
Feel the sun burning through your black skin
Pull me into a hole, inform my next of kin
Give me the freedom to destroy
Give me ... radioactive toy
Run through grave yards on a dusty winter day
Spit the dirt out and try to say:
Give me the freedom to destroy
Give me ... radioactive toy
-Porcupine Tree

Day Day Day
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Day Day Day
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Day Day Day
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Day Day Day
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Misquitos are thick out there in the darkness
It's too hot for me to sleep
I see faces on the shadows of the walkway
I hear voices in teh sadness of the trees
There's something strange about you
The way your feet don't touch the floor
The way you sit there on teh window
The way you quoth nevermore
I watched you dance in teh garden
I want to be just like you
Dead, Baby Dead
Day Day Day
Kill, Baby Kill
Kill Kill Kill Kill
Dead, Baby Dead
Day Day Day
Kill, Baby Kill
Kill Kill Kill Kill
I'm in love with the living dead and we're trapped inside this house together
You play the countess I'll play the slave
And we can play it forever
- SPF 1000

The stroke of the passing time
Has it been a thousand years?
Let me tell you what I've seen
Let me show you passing time
Let me tell you where I've been
We live for night
We live for the pain
And we wont remember anyone
We wont remember anything
And we'll never go home
Step inside my dark machine
Will you come take a ride with me
Everyone you know is gone
With the antiques of the time
We live for night
We live for the pain
And we won't remember anyone
We won't remember anything
And we'll never go home
We live for night
We live for the pain
And we won't remember anyone
We won't remember anything
We'll learn to fly
We'll learn every dream
And we won't remember anyone
And we won't remember anything
And we'll never go home
-Museum

Go away
There is no one to talk to
Sedate
And then we start dreaming
Can't fool
He's riding through the desert
He moves
His circle of friends
He makes you feel so wonderful
Everything was around to do
Back on your feet and get nose bleed
And all you ever do is fade awayyyy
With friends
He asked
'There anyone to be with?
Call himmmm
There is no one to talk to
It's not his fault that he made you this way
Today will always be tomorrow
He makes you feel so wonderful
Like everything was around to do
Get back on your feet and get nose bleed
And all you ever do is fade awayyyy
With friends
Today is not the day you was for
Stinging glass and tired of drugs
Back on your feet and get nose bleed
And all you ever do is fade awayyyy
With friends
With friends
With friends
We're friends
-Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive

Love...
-Z

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September 1st, 2004
03:37 pm

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I had a headache I did not particularly like earlier today. It is mostly gone now. That is good. I get them shortly after I eat lunch, usually. Isn't that odd? I think so.

Love,
Zacharachary.

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August 22nd, 2004
04:47 pm

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!!!
I like how only my dad has written for me yet the letter I asked many a people for!

Bo, here you go:

Zachary Unsell
6094 Goethals Rd., Box # 382
Fort Belvoir, Va. 22060

It almost seems scary to me to write to military installations. I don't know how you guys do it.

Love,
Zach.

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August 19th, 2004
10:03 am

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Postponement for but a moment...
I am movning back my tiem to visit Corrinne by a week or so in order to make it a LONGER visit -- two weeks instead of five days.

Love,
Zach.

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August 18th, 2004
02:41 pm

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Aug. 14-17, 2004.
It was great out there in Santa Cruz, again! I wish I could have stayed, of course. The first night Corrinne and I slept in on the beach in a sizable hole someone dug -- and it was very cold in the morning, perhaps because we were Right Next to the water. There were a few people who continuously walked around on the beach throughout the night, which wasn't too appealing to me. One guy seemed a little ... gone to me, but Beautiful Corrinne brought up possible reasoning for his seemingly distraught state -- he paced in figure eights and circles all along the length of the beach that was in our sight.

Subsiquent nights were spent in a motel -- away from the office.

However, the office was quite nice. I enjoyed working there and helping out. It is something that I wouldn't mind doing for a long time, and actually want to go back and do.

Corrinne is wonderful.

She is great at her job there, too! Though, they all said that she did worse than normal in everything we did the time I was there, hah!

I also saw Rehanna, David, and Elaine (though I didn't know Elaine) there for a short time one evening -- Monday, I do believe. She looked well, as well. She is in the process of searching for a new residence. He current being a harassment to her psyche.

My camera got stolen the first day I was in Santa Cruz at the 30th Anniversary dinner of teh organization -- by some young children, we think -- so I didn't get any pictures passed what is perminent carved and burned into my mind from my trip over there.

We have a date set, as well.

November 23, 2005.

I will see her again on the 20th through the 24th of September.

But, that is after I see Bo from the 3rd through the 6th of September.

I love you, Corrinne.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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August 4th, 2004
09:14 pm

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Bo lost his ride. That sucks.

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