Not a pledge. Let's hope the plan for a year-long break will, eventually, come together. Given the current temperment in DC, it needs to happen quickly.
Pentagon Breaks Pledge To Troops, Sends Them Back To Iraq After Just Nine Months At Home
On April 11, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that tours of duty for the Army would be extended from 12 months to 15 months, effective immediately. In exchange for the extensions, soldiers would receive at least a year home between deployments. This rest time was intended to “provide some long-term predictability for the soldiers and [...]
Tags: Pentagon, Robert Gates, Tours of Duty, Army
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