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To: FrogMom

Wow, that’s a long deployment!

Back in my time, a Westpac was 6-8 months, and coming home was really sweet.


3 posted on 02/26/2021 8:54:30 AM PST by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: brownsfan

Indian Ocean deployments were a year, back in the writing-letters days.


5 posted on 02/26/2021 8:57:28 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Scarcity is real, and reality is not optional." ~ KDW)
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To: brownsfan

They sat in Bremerton WA almost a month in quarantine to make sure they weren’t taking the ‘Rona with them. They have had no shore leave, they are exhausted.


6 posted on 02/26/2021 8:58:12 AM PST by FrogMom (Time marches on...)
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