Posted on Sep 20, 2015
What is the deployment rate of national guard units?
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Does anyone have figures on the deployment rates of national guard soldiers, reserves, and active duty? I'm asking this out of curiosity.
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Highly dependent on the type of unit and mission. Civil Affairs still has what is likely the highest deployment rate in the USAR. On any given day, I have 88 Soldiers deployed to Djibouti with a few others on individual deployments in Europe or stateside. I ensure all Soldiers get a one year dwell time. The 5 year cycle simply does not work for CA, Psyops, IO, etc.
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CPO (Join to see)
General, do you know if Civil Affairs units take in other service branches or are they strictly Army?
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BG (Join to see)
The Marines have a robust CA program in their Reserves. The Navy just disbanded their CA units last year. Nothing in the Air Force.
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SFC (Join to see)
BG (Join to see), great insight Sir. Unit type is very important. We're out the door every four years.
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Most Guard units were on a 5 year cycle. That's gone by the wayside now, it's like pulling hen's teeth to find a deployment to jump on. It's over. It really is.
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It's high, big sexxy. Put your seatbelt on and stay on top of your PT and weapons quals. Only a matter of time before REAL troops will have to hand ISIS their asses. Be a leader, brother.
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SSG Buddy Kemper
So.........Sir, the Obama administration was prophesied by President Eisenhower half a century ago? As a Marine AND more particularly as an Officer I do value your opinion. What should have been our response to the September 11th attacks. The only problem I have with the Iraqi campaign is that it was about 20 years too late. Finally I agree, stay indefinitely. Much the same a Japan and Germany. Cuba. Korea. Paying for the same ground twice and three and four times is folly. Hope you are having a good week and thanks for your service.
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Capt Walter Miller
SSG Buddy Kemper - What is wrong with you? You do know that the United States built 41 SSBN subs back in the 60's? That we had a force of 1,000 ICBMs in the 60's? And 600 B-52 bombers in the 1960's?
Not necessarily because we needed all that but because it gave each major service a big part of the nuclear deterrent pie.
All that while President Obama was in grade school.
One of my favorite Military Industrial Complex stories is from about 1962. It became possible to homogenize solid rocket fuel, making the sea-launched Polaris and Poseidon missiles and the land based ICBM's possible. So at a White House meeting the Air Force was asked, "How many ICBM's do we need?"
Came back the answer: 10,000. TEN thousand? This was greeted properly with guffaws. But still, 1,000 were built.
I don't think any toddlers named Barack Obama were present.
Walt
Not necessarily because we needed all that but because it gave each major service a big part of the nuclear deterrent pie.
All that while President Obama was in grade school.
One of my favorite Military Industrial Complex stories is from about 1962. It became possible to homogenize solid rocket fuel, making the sea-launched Polaris and Poseidon missiles and the land based ICBM's possible. So at a White House meeting the Air Force was asked, "How many ICBM's do we need?"
Came back the answer: 10,000. TEN thousand? This was greeted properly with guffaws. But still, 1,000 were built.
I don't think any toddlers named Barack Obama were present.
Walt
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SSG Buddy Kemper
MAJ Ken Landgren I finally blocked that kook, boss. Evidentially he was an Marine Corps officer, and God bless him, but I couldn't stand all the leftwing craziness. He was looking for my posts and just firing off regardless of the topic. In fairness he may have never saw your response since I blocked him. Blessings to you and thanks for your service!
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SSG Buddy Kemper
Was thinking a nutty version of Buddy Holly from the pic, Sir...in Dress Whites, no less. He had the ass for me for sure. I was a little tipsy one night and posted a mushroom cloud with Mr. Obama's face in foreground and something like Obamageddon in caps....and the gentleman Capt W. Miller CAME UNHINGED!! But it takes all kinds, I suppose?
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