Is there a Limit to O/S deployment

whydave

Army Ranger, 29, killed in Afghanistan on 14th deployment!
Fourteen times in nine years, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij had left his family behind and headed out on deployment as an Army Ranger, taking part in hundreds of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, all before his 30th birthday.
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So the question is ,Is there a number/Limit to over seas deployments in the US military ?

xflyer

Clearly no. As the Americans often it's say a case of embracing the suck.

No one put a gun to his head. He chose it. You have to remember, all too often those men believe in what they do. They have to go back. Sometimes by staying away they believe they are letting down comrades.

You are never so alive as when you are close to death.

Stovepipe

Hi there,
As the British and Germans found out in WW II, the odds against survival increase with each successive tour in a combat zone, which is why the British instigated the policy of "resting" aircrew after tours and often taking men out of combat for good after they had completed two tours, as the death rate was off the scale by then and there were few surviving third-tourists. Although, the death rate of flying instructors conducting training was such that many begged to be returned to active units and face death at the hands of the enemy rather than aircrew students. The Germans only rested aircrew when they were worn out or their units were shattered, which is why the loss rate was so high. Quite why the US feels the need to send the same men into action, time and time again, knowing that the survival rate falls with each tour, is beyond me.

regards
Stovepipe

Poccington

I think it's important to remember that the 75th Ranger Regiment and indeed USSOCOM in general, has an Op Tempo that exceeds that of conventional units.