More On Deployment

The director of the Army Guard outlined a new strategy that will mean an increased possibility of short-notice deployments.

The deployments involve soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado and Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Tradition, ceremony and, above all, respect.

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...

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