[g'nad]

If yer enlistments up, yuh go home... unless the Army puts the unit under "stop loss", in which case, they get discharged when they come home... I have no idea of the status of the 82nd...

but the career planners love a deployed environment... re-enlistments increase dramatically... the whole "Band of Brothers" bonding...

[2Jedismom]

Yeah...I figure it would be kinda hard for someone to say "Well...that's it for me! See ya, guys!"

The chaplain's wife is hoping to have him home by mid-August...he's been in Afghanistan since January, iirc.

[2Jedismom]

Well, let me ask you this...

If, after you serve for say, 6-8 months, like the chaplain, away from home...how long is it you get to stay home after you get home? Do you get to stay home for another 6 months, then off you go somewhere else?

I am just curious...I know nothing about this kind of thing!