and just a reminder- as we cut budget and taxes... facts about troop deployment

[w8liftinglady]

read it and weep at your leisure. we remain at war in two contries.

Much more at site.

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/documented_briefings/2010/RAND_DB587.pdf

We found that the Army has provided over 1 million troop-years to OIF
and OEF through December 2008.3 Active-duty soldiers alone have
contributed over 700,000 troop-years to these two wars. From the beginning of
OIF in March 2003 through December 2008, the Army has maintained an
average of 117,000 active-duty soldiers in OIF and OEF combined. The
combined average increased to 128,000 active-duty soldiers from September
2005 through December 2008.
In the process of accumulating this much deployed time, most of the
active-duty soldiers in the Army (67 percent) have deployed to OIF or OEF—
and most of those soldiers have deployed for a second or third year.
Approximately 373,000 of the soldiers in the Army as of December 2008 had
served in OIF or OEF.4 Over 121,000 have deployed for their first year,
173,000 for their second year, and 79,000 for their third year or longer. Of this
last group, over 9,000 are deploying for their fourth year. The burden falls most
heavily on the middle ranks of the officers and the noncommissioned officers.
These soldiers have more deployed time than their counterparts from the other
services.

[w8liftinglady]

1. and some more stats on the forgotten

http://ptsdcombat.blogspot.com/2007/03/war-list-oefoif-statistics.html