Posted on May 1, 2018
Do you consider going to Korea or Okinawa, or going on a ship, a "real deployment"?
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Korea is not a deployment, neither is Japan. Ship duty, however, is a form of deployment. Those vessels can be directed into combat operations at any time as needed.
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LTC Jason Mackay
SGT Joseph Gunderson and CPL (Join to see) an operational deployment on a Naval or Coast Guard vessel could go to combat, but just fighting the ocean can be a hazard, ask the guys on the Fitz.
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Actually, there is a brigade size element that rotates through Korea. Technically it is a deployment as these soldiers are not permanent party
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SGT Eric Davis
SFC (Join to see) so since my brother not station in Germany and his unit doing a 9 month tour there then are they on a deployment? Or just a tour!
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It sounds like he is on a deployment supporting Atlantic resolve... it's a deployment, just not a combat tour.
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IMO, if you are away from home for an extended amount of time, you are on deployment.
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SPC Calvin Gross
Soo if you're training in the field behind your company AO for a month that's a deployment?
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LT Brad McInnis
SPC Calvin Gross - Okay sea lawyer... the OP was wondering if going to Korea or Okinawa is considered a deployment. Sorry, I didn't express it completely for you that I meant out of area. You can worry about patches, I will worry about the mental and family health of the people that work with me...
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My mental health gets better when I go on TDY (which isn't a deployment). A month away from a screaming toddler and teething baby? If deployment means vacation, then you're right, deployment is awesome. :P
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