Not deployable? You may not even have 12 months, DoD says

Non deployable means non usable. We are a fighting force that requires us to be ready to take up arms at a moments notice and fight our nations wars. If you are permanently no deployable then you can't fulfill that task. As long as there is a butt in the seat or against a position, that is one less we can enlist or commission. Everything is based on numbers and attrition. I mean they are probably good folks but if you can't deploy which is our primary mission then you are not giving benefit to DoD. I retired after 26 years because my body was so jacked up that I knew I could not do it any longer so I said goodbye and retired and opened up a slot for someone that could.

Maj Marty Hogan
Lt Col Charlie Brown
1stSgt Glenn Brackin
Cpl Craig Morton
MAJ James Woods
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"
LTC Stephen C.
CPL Dave Hoover
SFC Shirley Whitfield
SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas
SFC (Join to see)
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sgt Wayne Wood
PVT James Strait
SGM Erik Marquez

What in the world is going on. I thought our military was always combat ready. When The army created the 205th Ord Plt (Ammo) in July 65 to send to Vietnam we Had 2 weeks notice. Then about 75men boarded a plane at Ft Knox Flew to Okland army terminal at the far end of the runway, we got on buses and went to the ship we boarded and the next day after all the troops were aboard (3,500) we sailed. Their was no saying I cant go I have a family or any other reason. Even in the marine corp we were ready to move out (deploy) In the states or on Okinawa. I can hardly believe with todays Equipment and transportation they should be able to move out (deploy) faster than I ever did. (59-66). Semper fi.

SECDEF is absolutely right. I've seen people ride the wave to sanctuary (especially in the Guard) with profile after profile not having done their actual job they were brought in the military for in years. Meanwhile, those that are healthy and able to do the job do them all while the "other" folks are taking up a slot that someone else could be promoted in to. There are those that have actually been shot at, blown up, and are really messed up - I get it. We need to help them out. That's why I think they should implement this on a case-by-case basis and take the time to really assess what servicemen and women bring to the table. This will eventually piss a lot of people off and there will be those that find ways to game the system.