How do I volunteer for a Kosovo deployment?

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:49:11 -0400

What do I need to do I would like to go on this deployment

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 5 at 2015 9:49 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:49:49 -0400

Tour of Duty

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 5 at 2015 9:52 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:52:26 -0400

Find out who ( unit ) is going and contact command .... Need a reccomandation and possible interview

Response by SGT John W Lugo made Aug 5 at 2015 9:54 PM

SGT John W Lugo — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:54:48 -0400

Need to check with your unit NCOIC

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Aug 5 at 2015 9:55 PM

SGM Mikel Dawson — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:55:54 -0400

HRC always had listing for deployments. Get on line and start searching. First of all, contact your chain of command and get approval. You got to have that! Then find the units who are tagged for rotation and start making contacts.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Aug 5 at 2015 10:58 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:58:52 -0400

That does sound like an Interesting Deployment. If you make it please share some of whaty you see there with the rest of us.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Aug 6 at 2015 1:26 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 01:26:00 -0400

They seem to have a lot of time on their hands over there...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGEl-uqvwg

Norwegian Army - Kosovo

Sung to the tune of the Beach Boy's Kokomo, a classic tune about what happened after Milosevic. Done in classic "boyband" style, with dance moves, splash fig...

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Aug 6 at 2015 7:42 AM

SGT Ben Keen — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 07:42:59 -0400

This might be a dumb question but are we still deploying to Kosovo?

Response by SGT William Howell made Aug 6 at 2015 9:40 AM

SGT William Howell — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:40:17 -0400

PFC, You walk right into the Top's office look him in the face and say, " I ain't going to Kosovo and you can't make me!" About face and run to the barracks and start packing. If you are lucky you will have between 10 and 30 minutes before your flight departs. You are welcome!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 7 at 2015 10:32 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:32:39 -0400

I was there to run the Dental Clinic 08-09. If you are "volunteering" for any deployments, this would be the one. Your MOS determines how busy you are. Lots of MWR activities on post (games, gym, px, fast food), live in seahuts with another roommate. I would return in a heartbeat but I changes MOS to Career Counselor (79V) and deployments are in my past.
Chanse it properly through your Chain of Command. Use your Retention/ARCC to help if you cant find a starting point. We are the ears of the units we support.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 7 at 2015 6:36 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:36:44 -0400

Vollenteer on the HRC website. It seems to be a mostly gaurd/reserve rotation. What you are determines what you do.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 7 at 2015 6:46 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 18:46:01 -0400

You should go to Tour of Duty and try to find a tour there. Currently the NCNG has a unit there. But when a state comes up short they will pull from their own state. It is uncommon for a state to let a slot go empty and then try to fill it with Tour of Duty. I would reach out to your S1 and try to notify your state's G3 MOB section. But keep in mind your MOS will be a determining factor. You would have to fall into a slot that is for your MOS. That could be hard. Most of the time they send MPs and Infantry there.

https://mobcop.army.mil/tod/Default.aspx#

Response by SGT Robert Lincecum made Apr 21 at 2017 9:39 AM

SGT Robert Lincecum — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:39:58 -0400

You might be able to find it on AKO.