Redeployment

Repeated Military Deployment Is Like Waterboarding

Eliot Daley | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Military Draft, Mental Health, Military, Afghanistan, Universal Military Service, War, Military Mental Health, Waterboarding, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Multiple Deployments, Robert Bales, War in Afghanistan, Veterans, Soldiers, Redeployment, Robert Bales Afghanistan, Draft, Politics News

Sgt. Bales is a prime example: he had been sent into battle, faced death, then came home to comfort and safety. Then he was thrust back into battle, facing bombs and bullets and possible death once more, then home to comfort and safety. Again and again.

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Fourth Deployment

Nick Mills | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Redeployment, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sergeant Robert Bales, Afghanistan War, Military, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War, Veterans, World News

Sergeant Bales and tens of thousands of other patriotic men and women in uniform were failed by a government that attacked Afghanistan. We are now told the combat mission will end in 2014. That means there is still time to recycle our overstressed fighting forces one more time at least.

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One Deployment Only

Lisa Wexler | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Redeployment, Military, Afghanistan, War, Family, US Military, Draft, US Troop Deployments, Military Draft, Politics News

I am the mother of an 18 year old and a 24 year old. The last thing I wish to see is for this country to institute another draft. Nonetheless, I believe our current situation is unfair, disproportionately burdening a tiny percent of the population with the actual costs of warfare.

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The Power Of Purpose

Spencer Kympton | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Veterans, Redeployment, Unemployment, Afghanistan, Suicide, Veterans Day, Substance Abuse, Iraq, Disabled Veterans, Impact News

After their military service, many veterans struggle to find purpose without the structure, mission and camaraderie of a military unit. It is time we ...

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Army: Soldiers Need More Time At Home Between Deployments

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redeployment, Homeless Veterans, General Peter Chairelli, Peter Chiarelli, Afghanistan, Christiane Amanpour, Deployments, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Ptsd, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Paul Rieckhoff, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Homelessness, Politics News

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Repeated troop deployments are putting an enormous strain on members of the U.S. military who are forced to deploy to Iraq and/or Afg...

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Military Mom Creates Online Support Network For Spouses Of Those Who Serve

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Association of Military Moms and Spouses, Military Spouses, Afghanistan, Military Families, Redeployment, Impact Game Changers 2010, Video, Impact News

Stay-at-home mother and military spouse Lori Bell knows firsthand the struggles military spouses face every day while their loved ones are actively se...

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Heroes on the Homefront

Christal Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Sherman, Military, Iraq, Afghanistan, Marine, War, Stop-Loss, Redeployment, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Los Angeles News

When a marine goes to war his whole family goes with him. Did you ever see the bumper sticker that says "The hardest job in the marines is being a marine wife?" Well, that's never been truer.

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Mayor Daley's Son Will Return To Army Active Duty

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patrick Daley, Redeployment, US Army, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Mayor, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley today said that his son, Patrick, has been called back to active duty in the U.S. Army. "My son had a responsibility to serve f...

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It's Time to Come Home

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Redeployment, President Obama, Troops, Economy, Military, Thanksgiving, Afghanistan, United States, Chicago News

It's time for America to bring our troops and money home. This should be the last holiday season our troops are separated from their families.

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sectarian Tension Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Redeployment, Shia-Sunni-Alliance, US Soldiers, Gulf War, Iraq-Sectarian-Violence, US-Iraq Security Agreement, Iraq Sofa, Shia, Iraq, Sectarian Violence, Iraq Security Iraq Violence, Iraq Withdrawal, Iraq Pullout, World News

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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What Obama's Iraq Speech Means for American Foreign Policy

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

It's not all about Iraq. It is about America's interests around the globe and the costs and benefits of pursuing different strategies.

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Obama's Afghanistan Dilemma: "Growing Dissent" On More Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Redeployment, Afghanistan Dillema, Surge, Troops Iraq, Barack Obama, Progressives Foreign Policy, Iraqi Troops, Obama Foreign Policy, President Obama, Politics News

No more than one year ago, it was widely assumed that the great foreign policy challenge facing the next president would be what to do with U.S. troop...

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Why the Gates Pick Works

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Redeployment, Robert Gates, Obama's Cabinet, Donald Rumsfeld, Obama Administration, Iraq, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Obama Gates, Politics News

With a new Commander in Chief with a very different view, Gates provides the perfect short-term bridge between the eras of pre-Iraq-redeployment and post-Iraq-redeployment.

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Iraq: US Soldiers Being Redeployed, Despite Mental Instability

ABC | By BOB WOODRUFF, JAMES HILL and JAIME HENNESSEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Redeployment, Soldiers, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Politics News

Two weeks before his second deployment to Iraq last September, Army Specialist Michael DeVlieger broke down. "At first, I thought it was something th...

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Virtue Out of Necessity: Bush Troop Decision Disingenuous

Lawrence Korb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq Surge, Sunni Militias, Ilsamist Extremists, Shi'a Civil War, Iraq War, Radical Islamist Extremeists, Shiite Civil War, Iraq Shiite Violence, General Petraeus, Sunnis, Redeployment, Success of the Surge, US Troop Deployments, Politics News

Despite the president's assertion that the withdrawal of some troops represents a "return on success" from his "surge" policy, he is merely making a virtue out of necessity.

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Army Might Return To 12-Month Tours This Summer

Army Times | Lolita Baldor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Redeployment, Warwire, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, George Casey, 15-Month Tours, Multiple Tours, 12-Month Tours, General Petraeus, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The top Army officer said Wednesday that the Army may begin moving to 12-month battlefield tours this summer, a shift seen as critical to reducing the...

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Bush To Be Uncomfortably Reminded Of Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Generals Anti-War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Redeployment, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, George W. Bush, Politics News

President Bush often talks about how he "listens to the Generals." At least when they're telling him what he wants to hear. And when they don't have...

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