Introduction by Anna Von Reitz:
Many years ago I started wondering about the all capital letters names
employed by the military. I noticed that all names in the military were written
in all capitals: LIEUTENANT RODNEY KNOX, for example, as were all the stenciled
words plastered on packing crates and vehicles belonging to the US ARMY. I even
tasked my poor Father about it, and he mumbled, "When you are in the military,
you are a slave, and all that you have as property does not belong to you."
This cryptic reply made no particular sense to me, nor did the idea that
those putting their lives at risk to defend us would suffer the status of
slaves? He was busy and the sun was hot and the road before us was dusty from
the wheels of the endless military convoy passing by on the old US HIGHWAY 12.
I noted the answer and let it slip into the category of "things you will
understand when you are older"---where it remained until my twenties, when I
began seeing my name written in all capital letters on Federal Student Loan
paperwork.