Has anyone been told they were going on an upcoming deployment, but did not receive individual orders ?

SGT (Join to see) Quite common with an easy fix. I created unit orders and in the authority line cited the MOB order. Your Readiness NCO should have all the data available in some database in which he can do a mail merge and IOT provide individual orders that are legal and sufficient to cover things likes leases, etc. If you need more help, contact me via the email function.

I will agree with everyone else, as we always deployed our whole Battalion, on mission movement type orders. The reason is we deployed forward to one operating site and then send detachments out from there to other units, JTF's and operation sites. The one thing the command did do was issue a Deployment letter, stating that you were assigned to the unit and would be deploying on or between certain date until certain date. The letter was used to get personnel out of leases, and store cars, and in some cases goods on base. I will add this was active Battalions,so we did not need activation orders, that our reserve components need. Yes I am Navy but we as Seabees deploy the same way the Army does on ground, and we do it all the time.

If your unit is going as a whole, then it will be Group Orders and not Individual Orders. There will be an Annex with everyone listed that will fall under this Group Order.