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.
Posted 7 y ago
Responses: 6
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 (Join to see) What about S2? "Not Right Now but give us a Minute, We'll See What We Can Do".
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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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