My son’s better half is taking this pretty well. Be prepared for the news to look for families who are going to voice a lot of negative feelings over the whole thing. They will ignore those of us who rock along.
“He [Gates] said it did not affect the Marines, whose standard tour is seven months, nor the Army National Guard or Army Reserve, which will continue to serve 12-month tours.
Gates said the new policy also seeks to ensure that all active-duty Army units get at least 12 months at home between deployments. He said it would allow the Pentagon to maintain the current level of troops in Iraq for another year, although he added that there has been no decision on future troop levels.”
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