Comments on: Army Considers Longer Combat Tours Again

By: BlogRunner: Army considers longer combat tours again

BlogRunner: Army considers longer combat tours again — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:05:38 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:53:56 +0000

For some reason my prior responses are not appearing - Triumph, i hope you are joking about the "slacking stateside" - go visit an Army installation between rotations to the sandbox.

By: another matt

another matt — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:51:57 +0000

I believe the military slang for this is BOHICA.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:20:11 +0000

Yeah, I'm sure 2 weeks vacation will more than make up for the 102 weeks of being shot at. Good thing you're over there 24/7/365 instead of slacking stateside, right? In light of all this, does anyone still think the "surge" was anything more than a way to increase permanent troop levels by disguising it as a more acceptable "temporary" increase? Who here thinks we'll be reducing the number of troops in Iraq by any significant amount before 2009?

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:27:16 +0000

Just weeks after announcing shorter tours to provide more stability for its troops,

Won't longer tours actually promote more stability? With guys shifting in and out, the Army loses soldiers with valuable experience. I am not sure why they are shifted out of combat at all. Other than a two week vacation, they should be kept where the Army needs them--not slacking it stateside because of some arbitrary limit set by a bureaucrat somewhere.