Deployment

Soldiers from 4th Infantry Division will soon deploy to Afghanistan and then join the NATO Kosovo Mission Force.

Those whose conditions are not directly related to combat have no automatic protection from the deploy-or-out mandate.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said the service is working to see what percentage of airmen remain non-deployable.

The policy grew out of Mattis' directive to the services to take steps to improve the "lethality" of the force.

The Navy wants sailors deployed on sea duty to Japan, Guam, or Rota, Spain, to consider staying out even longer.

Secretary Mattis said boosting the overall lethality of U.S. forces is the major issue; currently, about 286,000 troops are...

Mattis on the "deploy-or-out" policy, the Niger ambush, AFA symposium and more.

Soldiers can expect to go on more exercises designed to test a unit's ability to deploy with no notice.

Take time when preparing for deployment to evaluate whether selling or renting out your home is best.

Database and IT problems resulted in the sending of nearly 5,000 notices that sailors' orders had been canceled.