General says 15-month Army rotations to continue into next summer

[unhappycamper]

General says 15-month Army rotations to continue into next summer
By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press


FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan will be facing the extended 15-month deployments until at least next June, even under a best-case scenario, a top Army commander said Tuesday.

Commanders are assessing the situation on the ground now, but Gen. Richard Cody, the Army Vice Chief of Staff, said it will take until at least June to shrink average deployments back to a year while maintaining the 158,000 troops deployed in Iraq now.

"It's going to take a while to get off the 15 months," he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday.

During a day of meetings with troops and commanders at Fort Hood, he faced questions at every rank about the extended deployments and sought to reassure soldiers that the extension was a temporary measure designed to get enough soldiers in Iraq while giving them at least a year to rest and train between deployments.

"We will not extend you past 15 months. I guarantee you that — unless something really bad happens in the world," Cody told a group of 4th Infantry Division soldiers getting ready to deploy.

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"We're going to be at this level of commitment for quite some time. When I say quite some time, I mean the next two decades," he said.


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[babylonsister]

1. So only 20 more years of this bullshit. Just great. nt

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. Is this cool with you Pelosi?

Yeah momma- go get em