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RE: http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,157234,00.html
The draft should be used again so less time would be needed for a deployment. |
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I would love to get deployed again. Been trying so hard to deploy to again. I'm a reservist and would be happy to cross train to do another job to deploy. What would I have to do in order to deploy with a unit.
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IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADVICE YOU COULD EMAIL ME @ red_dog83@hotmail.com would love to do anything to deploy again with a unit.
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I was an active duty Marine and have been out for a good while, so I have no idea how current this information is, and would be happy to be corrected if it is inaccurate ... but this is the most current thing I could find for you:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAB/is_1_51/ai_n15379245 I hope that is some help to you, although I urge you to see your career adviser for the latest information.  |
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I believe it is only fair that these servicemenbers be selected to go downrange. I pulled my time over there; now it's their turn.
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i have volunteered with no success in being deployed to iraq or afghanistan, somalia or any other military combat operation. im trying to go active now as infantry and then maybe i could go. or if theres an infantry slot open id be glad to fill it. spc ruiz
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I admire the "spirit" that it takes to "volunteer" for service in a combat zone. My advice to anyone seeking a combat billet, just hold on, it's gonna be coming. There is an old military adage, "Don't volunteer!" There are somethings that require you to volunteer, submarine duty, aircrew duty, special forces, that's great and it should be that way, only want the highly motivated. The point is, don't volunteer for things that don't require it.
Like say, I need three men for a little patrol behind the bad guys line or I need someone to go out and be bait, so we can get the sniper... I hope you see the point I'm trying to make... Respectfully, SUNLINER81 |
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If there are 37,000 perfectly eligible soldiers who have not deployed, and the Army says there are only 10,000 Stop-Lossed past their contract end dates serving in Iraq, why not do a one-for-one swap with matching MOSes where possible? (and there are PLENTY in my MOS wearing no combat patch yet.) Particularly with those soldiers who are serving a second or third tour (or more!)
It will take months to get these guys into theater, and quite some time to train them up once they are here, but wouldn't that be nice? It's too nice to ever happen. But let a girl dream...  |
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UMMMMMM your having a problem GETTING DEPLOYED? Maybe you should try going active duty i am sure you will be deployed as much as you want and then some. Even though i dont know why you want to deploy so bad? Must of been deployed in a chill spot like the green zone your last deployment? |
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What a great attitude! |
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About time! People look at us like we have 3 heads when they find out hubby has been in 16 yrs(only 14 active) with an Artillery MOS and has never been. Not having a combat patch ppl automatically think you must have shammed, or purposefully got out of going.
When he got back from kosovo(6month deployment) his unit was about to deploy, and that's when he came down for drill sgt duty. He was originally supposed to be on the trail for 2 yrs, then they extended him another yr. Even though thank God he was stateside, that was the most stressful 3yrs of our lives, and our marriage! About a month or two before we moved he was told that his unit was leaving around the time he would be transfered, so we prepared for him leaving then, hence my profile saying he's leaving soon. They had already left when we arrived, so they put him on rear.d (which the guys will tell you they'd rather be over there than deal with the stuff that goes on 'over here'). The timing was actually perfect(well for me) as we came right when they left, meaning the kids and I weren't here trying to find place and move by ourselves. As someone said, you WILL EVENTUALLY get sent. His unit is set to deploy again this spring/summer. We both have some sort of guilt surrounded by the fact he hasn't been sent. But that's just the way the cards were dealt. Not everyone who hasn't been sent is avoiding 'their turn'. "It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong" -- Leo Roskin |
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About time...
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I just hope HRC is looking into Units like the USAMU at Ft. Benning. 99% of the soldiers in that unit have never even served in a line unit. Most of the male soldiers are 11B, and some have been there for 14+ years. Soldiers at the USAMU have a T Code that pulls their record and isolates them to avoid being levied to other assignments. There are even a few E-7 11B that (never been in the line) that are so broke, they should be on a P 3 profile or should have been medically boarded out of the military. Why not either deploy those soldiers or board them out so thier slots could be filled by soldiers that are qualified to do that job?
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Given the thrust of this announce, and with the heat that is on the recruiters and the financial incentives involved, DOA probably needs to send a strongly worded memo out to the recruiters regarding statements along the line of "this MOS will never see combat".
Not that recruiters would ever blow smoke... |
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My older son is an AD SFC with 16 1/2 years in - never deployed. He's a recruiter. His primary MOS was 11B for about 13 years, and he's abn qual, spent a tour with 1/505th PIR, 82nd Abn. He's tried three times to reclass back - denied each time.
My younger son is in the Reserves, an NBC specialist, since Jan 2003. Never called up, never deployed. Neither has tried to avoid anything, and the older one is so fed up with being turned down - other than for recruiting TDYs to the sandbox - that he can't wait for his 20 to get out. |
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Good, the EO policy being used in a very literal sense, lol. It's only fair that everyone gets deployed. One Army- One Fight.
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They should deploy the whole unit and chapter out anyone unfit to go. Its a great way to clean house. |
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I BET SOME OF THE OLDER NCO'S WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK INTO COMBAT. (RETIRED OR ETS) BUT MEDICAL REASONS KEEP THEM OUT. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO GIVE ONE OF THEM YOUNG PEOPLE A CHANCE TO COME HOME. BUT HELL IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. CAN'T RUN 2 MILES IN 17 MIN. BUT I AM A GREAT SHOT AND CAN STILL DO SOMETHING OVER THERE TO HELP THE CAUSE. GOD BLESS ALL OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FOR ALL. AS I ALWAYS TOLD MY TROOPS (ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE).
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I spent the majority of my career assigned to deployable units, even though my MOS was non-combat. I served three tours and 55 months in hazardous duty areas. I would go back in a heartbeat if they'd let me. My feeling has always been, if you wear the uniform, you are a soldier first, then you do your other job.
"The Mind, Like a Parachute, Functions Only When Open" |
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My husband has been in a job that does not deploy since 2003 but in his 17 years he has deployed. He is deploying within the year but over time we have found that there are so many soldiers who have NEVER deployed in their career. I do not understand how this has happened. I understood that 37,000 to be the soldiers who have yet to go to Iraq, how about the soldiers who have NEVER deployed. Unbelievable!
My husband and I know it's time for him to go and that's no problem. |
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