What does these mean for us? It means we are still stuck with a 15 month deployment.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2008 - President Bush today directed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to shorten deployment lengths for U.S. Soldiers in Iraq from 15 to 12 months, starting in August.
Bush said he made the decision to reduce the strain on the force and because security improvements in Iraq have allowed for the withdrawal of all five surge combat brigades by the end of July. He also said that officials would ensure troops have at least a year at home between deployments. The change goes into affect Aug. 1 and will not affect those already deployed there...
(In a report in the April 11 Killeen Daily Herald, a 4ID spokesman said:
The policy will not affect the currently or soon-to-be deployed 4th Infantry Division units.
Bush said he made the decision to reduce the strain on the force and because security improvements in Iraq have allowed for the withdrawal of all five surge combat brigades by the end of July. He also said that officials would ensure troops have at least a year at home between deployments. The change goes into affect Aug. 1 and will not affect those already deployed there...
(In a report in the April 11 Killeen Daily Herald, a 4ID spokesman said:
The policy will not affect the currently or soon-to-be deployed 4th Infantry Division units.
"Our aviation brigade deploys this summer before Aug. 1, so this will not affect their deployment," said Lt. Col. Kelly Sandifer, the 4th Infantry Division rear-detachment deputy commander. )
2 comments:
Oh, I am so sorry to hear that you missed out on the shorter deployments....I'm still wishing they did 6 months on 6 months off. I could live with that.
It's life..we'll survive it...
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