Does anybody know if 101st Airborne Division from Ft. Campbell Ky is coming home early to go to Afghanistan?
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I haven't heard this rumor, but considering the short turnarounds the 101st has already had, I wouldn't doubt another quick deployment.
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depends.  If stationed somewhere like Korea. you have DEROS (date of estimated return from overseas). then PCS ( permenant change of station). If you were "deployed" to say Iraq or Afghanistan for a mission, when its time to come home. there are several terms that can be used. recalled, withdrawn, redeployed, return to base, going home, back to the real world, charlie mike(completed the mission), I cant recall the official opposite of "deployed", cause we never used it.
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Of course I'd like to bring them home.  But we committed ourselves (and a lot of strategic mistakes were made, like going in with too few troops and not recruiting the existing military).  We can't leave now if we want to see the area stablize, but we DO need to change our strategy.  Like Senator McCain says, raids are not working, we need to go into a town and hold it, then move to the next town, leaving forces behind to keep the insurgents from coming back.  \nHOOAH! Go Army!
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David,\nWanting the troops to come home is good thing.  Wanting them to come home before they have chance to finish a job that they have been given is not so good.  I hate to say it, but there is a mess over there now and to fix it is going to take a lot more troops.\n\nI don't like being away from my family.  But the job needs to be done and it needs to be done right.  I believe in doing something right the first time because you may not get a second chance.\n\nIf we were to bring all the troops home now there would be a lot more trouble and a lot more innocent people killed.  I don't believe that I will be going over there for the third time because of patriotism and freedom of Americans.  I do it to protect my fellow service members and those innocent Iraqi's that as of yet can't defend themselves.\n\nI hope this helps.
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i would suggest looking here ;-)\n\nwww.armylocator.com
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I want the soldiers to come home.
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www.thefinalrollcall.us.\n\nThey have listings for Iraq, the Phillipines, and Afghanistan.  That's how I found out my bunkmate from Basic bit it in Afghanistan.
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without a doubt.  if they don't go to iraq, they will go to an army base somewhere to fill in the slots of the active duty guys who are in iraq.  right now the army is pulling people out of field artillery units, forcing them to reclass to mp's and giving them 18 month orders at various army bases.  good luck to them
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My fater was in Iraq but he came home last year. I think he can interveiw. Fine me on mesenger and I will let you talk to him.
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Just because the press isn't reporting it doesn't mean it's not happening. Rest assured, if he so much as steps out of his cave to take a leak one of those CIA drones will see him and turn him into a red mist.\n\nAnd no, finding him will not bring the troops home. He is one of many terrorists we still have to kill.
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Try the link below to see if you can hook something up through them.  I have a list of websites, but it's mostly geared towards soldiers who are deployed, this is the only one that looked viable.  \n\nDon't listen to everyone else who says he needs to budget.  While that is true, if your son is lower enlisted and far enough away that he'd need to fly home, chances are he could actually use the help.  My husband and I have been married since he graduated BCT, and trust me, I understand the money thing.  \n\nIf he's not in a hurry, he could fly Space A for really cheap, but that will only get him so far, he'd still have to pay for transportation home from and back to the airport where they drop him off, and there's no guarantee on dates and times.  Also, if there's a civilian run travel agent on post where he's stationed, have him check there.  Whenever I fly home (from Germany) I book my tickets at the travel agent on post and they usually have some really good deals.  I elected not to go through the emergency channels (for expediency) last time I went home, but still got a ticket through the office on post for half what they wanted online for a flight the next day.  \n\nUnless there's an emergency in the family, there's no place within the military that will help with elective travel.
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I'm sorry, but he's not.  My hubby is on cycle break, thank goodness.  However, I'm checking on this for you as we speak and I'll do an edit when I have your answer.\n\nEDIT:  I'm so happy to help in any way that I can.  Military life comes full circle for many of us.  We were the "young'uns", now, we're the "old folks".  Never be afraid to ask questions.  Military life is a life like none other and we ALL need support.\n\nI really am glad you asked a question and specifically pointed me out.  However, my info is pretty limited as of right now.  Ft. Sill is closed due to our weather conditions.  Hubby won't be able to check much until he goes back in.  Anyways, this is what we have:  19 January should stand as graduation date.  That would be 9 weeks BCT and 2 weeks exodus.  We do fill up fast here and I'm glad you worked it all out ahead of time.  Hubby is going to try to check on exact dates of exodus.  Is your son coming home??  What a great present I'm sure that would be for you.  I'm glad his letters are upbeat.  That's a good sign.  Most of the Drill's here are cool.  We love all of them in our unit.  They really want these guys to succeed.  The phone number to the unit I think your son is in is (580) 442-1304.  I'm sure you already have his number, but this is what I deducted from the info you've given.  Your best bet is to call them....they do need to answer your questions.  I know they don't like to be bothered by family members, but you have a lagit question and they can answer it.  Since hubby is in a different unit, it's hard to get exact info other than knowing everything is on schedule for what's posted and that's the same he has.\n\nGood luck and I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful.  If I do find anything else out, I'll be sure to post it on here.  Be sure to yell "HI" to me while you're in town!!  I can't even begin to tell you what an awesome experience graduation will be.  Enjoy!!\n\nEDIT2:  I wrote your e-mail addy down.  How did you find me??  I haven't answered any other questions of yours and you seem to know me so well.  Anyways, glad I can help and if I find anything else, you'll know about it.
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I know this is not exactly THE answer.  I had a similar problem with the 62 Aerial Support MAC.  Simply enough I went to Google and typed in my old Military Airlift Unit (MAC) at McChord AFB Tacoma or just McChord AFB and sure enough a full history on their own webpage. Worth a try. Good luck.
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While I am not serving actively now I am a veteran.  You need to change your statement to 'some' of the soldiers fighting over there understand.  There are many who do not believe we should be in Iraq.  There are many who do not believe Iraq is a true part of the war on terror.  Afghanistan is part of that war but we are not putting anywhere near as much support into that war now.\n\nIt is not reasonable to state that if we pull out of Iraq the Sunnis, Shia's and Kurds will come here to fight.  These people are fighting for superiority or seperate statehood in Iraq.  They would have nothing to gain by coming here.  As for the real trerrorist organizations?  Our presence there may make it easier for them to fight us close to their homes but don't kid yourself, that will not stop them from attempting to hit us here.  whether we stay there or not that will always be a danger.
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Aboodi, don't be so rude.  The reason why you don't understand the question is because you obviously don't know anything about the military.  I haven't heard anything about a new policy.  My husband and I were in Iraq together two yers ago, and at that time it was up the the command that you were in.  My husband and I were in the same unit, and our commander allowed us to have our own corner of a big common area room.  We strung up our ponchos on a string to get a little bit of visual privacy.  It wasn't much, but it wasn't too bad.  \n\nNow there was another post that I visited where the males and females had to sleep separately.  I ran into a married couple there who lived in the same building on different floors.  \n\nThe article mentioned above is the policy of one unit.  As far as I know, every unit is different.  But it is possible that something new has come along that I haven't heard about.
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I would love to say yes it is. But we can't leave now with the mess Iraq is in. I don't think we should have ever gone over there, we did. We can't leave them with this Chaos,  they have nothing in place to deal with any of this violence.We have to finish what we started. If we leave now, it only makes us look worse than we already look. I think it will be a long time before our troops can come home, unfortunately.
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As a soldier, I am getting sick of not seeing my spouse. We have been seperated for 14 months. We both serve - him in Afghanistan and myself to Iraq. That being said, being in Iraq and seeing it first hand, I know that we cannot pull troops out of Iraq until stability is reached and the Iraqi government can sustain themselves. Unfortunately this will take years.