3 more months added

[bxbomb]

to your tour of duty.

the draft is around the corner

Gates announces longer tours in Iraq By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer

19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Beginning immediately, all active-duty Army soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will serve 15-month tours — three months longer than the usual standard, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

It was the latest move by the Pentagon to cope with the strains of fighting two wars simultaneously and maintaining a higher troop level in Iraq as part of President Bush's revised strategy for stabilizing Baghdad.

"This policy is a difficult but necessary interim step," Gates told a Pentagon news conference, adding that the goal is to eventually return to 12 months as the standard length of tour in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He said the new policy does not affect the other main components of the U.S. ground force in Iraq: the Marines, whose standard tour is seven months, or the Army National Guard or Army Reserve, which will continue to serve 12-month tours.

Gates acknowledged that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making life difficult for many in the military.

"Our forces are stretched, there's no question about that," Gates said.

He said the new policy also seeks to ensure that all active-duty Army units get at least 12 months at home between deployments. He said it would allow the Pentagon to maintain the current level of troops in Iraq for another year, although he added that there has been no decision on future troop levels.

Without changing the standard tour length to 15 months, the Army would have been forced to send five brigades to Iraq before they completed 12 months at home, Gates said.

Some units' tours in Iraq had already been extended beyond 12 months by varying amounts. The new policy will make deployments more equitable and more predictable for soldiers and for their families, Gates said.

"I think it is fair to all soldiers that all share the burden equally," he said.

[lolahotass]

yeah they told my bro to expect 18 months... he's shipped out July 30th to baghdad.

[sidoolongo]

I don't think they'll institute a draft, I think they'll just start lifting restrictions on recruitment practices.

"Today, kids, instead of your math class, this nice gentleman from the Pentagon would like to talk to you about your patriotic duty."

[bxbomb]

I don't think they'll institute a draft, I think they'll just start lifting restrictions on recruitment practices.

"Today, kids, instead of your math class, this nice gentleman from the Pentagon would like to talk to you about your patriotic duty."

they already have

42 yrs old is the limit now

you can be a felon an illegal immigrant ,a cyclops , a pediophile and a redsox fan

they will take anyone

[sidoolongo]

I hear you can even be an Iraqi...

[bxbomb]

I hear you can even be an Iraqi...

it would be a novel idea for some of those fucks to actually do something

[misk]

yeah they told my bro to expect 18 months... he's shipped out July 30th to baghdad.

.....this upcoming or this past?...i forget what u said on that other post....i told u my cousin is there...we talk to him pretty regularly ......send stuff all the time...he has pretty decent amount of computer access...def makes it a lot easier to cope ....i cant imagine having to wait for letter responses((although we do send them since he likes to get mail)).....

[lolahotass]

nah he's being shipped out in july... yeah hopefully he'll get lots of computer time..

[ghhhhhost]

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