Posted on Mar 14, 2019
About 21,000 troops booted so far under ‘deploy or get out’ policy
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Why join the military if you are not ready to deploy? It comes with the territory.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
The overwhelming majority of these are folks who joined knowing they would deploy, but are no longer able to. Injuries being the lead contributor. They didn't join planning on getting injured.
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MAJ Raúl Rovira
Ma'am, I would agree that there are some folks that are in the category you described as dead weight.
As a former WTB cadre I witnessed strong, professional, and willing to deploy soldiers who unfortunately have injuries and other conditions that showed them an exit door. I would not generalized the entire non-deployable population as dead weight.
I do agree with the article that non-deployable unable to become employable within the services guidelines should be separated or retired.
As a former WTB cadre I witnessed strong, professional, and willing to deploy soldiers who unfortunately have injuries and other conditions that showed them an exit door. I would not generalized the entire non-deployable population as dead weight.
I do agree with the article that non-deployable unable to become employable within the services guidelines should be separated or retired.
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Good riddance!
I understand a lot of these folks are non-deployable through little to no fault of their own. And for those folks, I do feel sorry. But at the end of the day, the job of the DoD is to fight and win our nation's wars. If you can't do that, thank you for your service, but please make room for someone who can. (One of the primary reasons I retired at 20 instead of staying to RCP... I didn't have "it" in me any more, physically or mentally. But I was deploying right through the 18th year, and was ready to go on the 19th, but was left back on Rear-D.)
I understand a lot of these folks are non-deployable through little to no fault of their own. And for those folks, I do feel sorry. But at the end of the day, the job of the DoD is to fight and win our nation's wars. If you can't do that, thank you for your service, but please make room for someone who can. (One of the primary reasons I retired at 20 instead of staying to RCP... I didn't have "it" in me any more, physically or mentally. But I was deploying right through the 18th year, and was ready to go on the 19th, but was left back on Rear-D.)
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SGT (Join to see)
I agree. Serving in the military is a privilege, not a right. When you can no longer do what the military asks of you, it's time to make arrangements for getting out.
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