Posted on Feb 7, 2018
There are mobilizations for an MP Saudi Arabia deployment for force protection. Does anybody know is this is considered a combat deployment?
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Looking to see if this would be considered a combat deployment (ie combat benefits, combat patch, etc.), or classified similar to Kuwait.
Reserves
Saudi Arabia
Force Protection
Military police
Posted 8 y ago
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I doubt it. We used to deploy to Saudi all the time. It wasn't considered a combat deployment back then, I don't see them changing the status now.
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I am not so sure about that. Jordans considered hostile fire location. There's a war in Yemen just south of Saudi Arabia so my best guess is that it would be. The S1 and S3 will know.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Stephen Conway What about S2? "Not Right Now but give us a Minute, We'll See What We Can Do".
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LTC Stephen Conway
Yes, the S2 and the threat assessment of the country. Thanks, chip, I totally forgot about that. I guess I'm working too hard at UPS today LOL
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SSG (Join to see)
If you check the IRS site, Saudi Arabia is not listed, Jordan is, they have a list for tax purposes of countries that count for the combat tax exemption.
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I would doubt it would be considered a combat deployment, they took Kuwait off that list several years ago. I would think you have to spend time in Iraq or Afghanistan or maybe certain countries in Africa to get considered a combat deployment. I know there is a list out there.
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SPC Biondo, the answer to your question is "it depends". If you support base ops (security forces and so..) it will be a regular mobilization with some percs (tax exemptions, hazardous duty pay, hardship duty pay). If you do other actions down range under the "advisory program", (south or north) it will be a combat deployment (by the nature of their mission sets).
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It may be worthy of getting a shoulder patch, but I would recommend against referring to it as a combat deployment.
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