US Army question.

[heavy_duty]

Why are they sending reserves to Iraq and regular guys to Germany?

My nephew has been in the army for almost 2 years now and he is not going to the middle east.

can somebody explain?

thanks.

ps. I have not asked him this same question, I dont hear from him often and he has not called his mom in 6 weeks.

 

[-SD-]

its the US gooberment bruh, why ask why? Try Bud Dry.

 

[p0ink]

many reasons.

depends on which unit is going to where it is needed.

reserves are taking over for active duty units that have done several tours.

if he is in reserves, he is most likely in a support/non-combat role, which is needed at the moment.

it isn't some conspiracy or anything...everyone is going regardless of whether or not they are active duty, guard, or reserves.

 

[heavy_duty]

he's full time Army

 

[Megalomaniac]

what makes more sense to you

A. Sending a unit that is stationed overseas, has a scheduled mission(part of the reason for being there) that they have not been able to perform over the last 5 years because they have been back and forth from Iraq, has soldiers who have already done thee or more tours and are burnt ect...

B. Reserves who may or may not have already went but probably haven't done back to back to back to back tours, need the experience(the unit experience, not soldiers) and can relieve pressure off of prior stated units.

I kinda think this is where we are at right now, I'm not in strength management though.

 

[Raptorex]

If he is new Army, he will be training in Germany, for his next trip to Iraq.

 

[heavy_duty]

He joined the Army 2 years ago and graduated about 1 year ago. since then he's been in Washinton and soon Germany that's all I know.

He joined right out of High School.

I am the son of a Canadian Air Force Colonel, I don't know anything about how the US Army works.

thanks - just trying to find out.

 

[Megalomaniac]

He joined the Army 2 years ago and graduated about 1 year ago. since then he's been in Washinton and soon Germany that's all I know.

He joined right out of High School.

I am the son of a Canadian Air Force Colonel, I don't know anything about how the US Army works.

thanks - just trying to find out.

Ya for every guy out there like him who is getting lucky there are 6 who have been deployed 4 times and lost their family in the process(probably hooked up with some other guy who wasn't deployed). If he hangs around a bit more he will get his time.

 

[heavy_duty]

Luck of the draw eh?

He is the son of my wifes sister....so the sister told my wife that her son will NOT be going to Iraq.

Maybe he has a physical defect but I dont think so or maybe they are saving him for something else.

He flunked out trying to be a Ranger (Army Ranger?? is that correct?)
some type of spec ops anyhow.

 

[heavy_duty]

now he is off to Austria.

no middle east for this kid.

 

[needtogetaas]

what makes more sense to you

A. Sending a unit that is stationed overseas, has a scheduled mission(part of the reason for being there) that they have not been able to perform over the last 5 years because they have been back and forth from Iraq, has soldiers who have already done thee or more tours and are burnt ect...

B. Reserves who may or may not have already went but probably haven't done back to back to back to back tours, need the experience(the unit experience, not soldiers) and can relieve pressure off of prior stated units.

I kinda think this is where we are at right now, I'm not in strength management though.

bing bing....

 

[needtogetaas]

when a reserve unit gos in its for like 6 months then they are out.when active duty gos in its for 1 min or more............besides if you send in active duty then you still have to pull
reserves to fill jobs on the post that you took the active from.so its just easer to leave astive were they are and send reserves in.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

No dishonor in not making it as a Ranger, they're the cream of the crop.

 

[javaguru]

My old NG unit was deployed for a year in Italy.....

Generally speaking, service support gets deployed more frequently as reserve component because the active duty is "light" on these types of units. My brother in law is a combat engineer(firefighter) in the ONG and he was deployed to Desert Storm, Bosnia, Iraqi Freedom and he's going back again. A lot of them were pissed because they had a stop loss, guys forced to stay after their enlistment was up, when active duty guys were going home. The whole situation is a cluster fuck......

 

[needtogetaas]

My old NG unit was deployed for a year in Italy.....

Generally speaking, service support gets deployed more frequently as reserve component because the active duty is "light" on these types of units. My brother in law is a combat engineer(firefighter) in the ONG and he was deployed to Desert Storm, Bosnia, Iraqi Freedom and he's going back again. A lot of them were pissed because they had a stop loss, guys forced to stay after their enlistment was up, when active duty guys were going home. The whole situation is a cluster fuck......

wre in italy bro....

 

[javaguru]

wre in italy bro....

I don't know, a guy in my old unit told me they were deployed. I ets'd in 1998 from the ONG.

 

[Razorguns]

don't forget reservists who have f/t civilian style jobs in the army. best way not to get sent over - their jobs are too important so they stay back. eg: being a drill instructor at a boot camp, or in charge of the computers at an armory, or head of recruiting, etc.

 

[p0ink]

No dishonor in not making it as a Ranger, they're the cream of the crop.

supposedly ranger school has become a correspondence course...well, at least according to one old RI i know.