Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The Afghan "Shooter" and multiple deployments.

Been catching bits and pieces of the news today and one thing they keep hitting on is multiple deployments.

This is a raw point.  Not for me but mainly for Soldiers.

A deployment is a different thing for different services, occupational specialties etc...

For a Special Ops member a deployment MIGHT be 3 months or less.

For a Marine it could be 6 to 9 months.

For a Soldier.

It could be a year...I've heard for some its been more than a year.

And then you have the style of your deployment.  Are you living in a war zone like you'd live if you were stateside?  Meaning are you on one of the big bases that have fast food restuaraunts, mall like PX's etc????

Or are you out in the boonies keeping fleas and ticks off your nut sack?  Ok, that might have been a little much but you get the idea.

So just a word to the news media.  Get a clue about what you're talking about before you start mouthing off.

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