Dwell-Time Increases for Marines
McClatchy’s Nancy Youssef has a big story: as a dividend for leaving Iraq, the Marines will spend twice as much time at home as deployed in a combat zone,
Jul 31, 202031.1K Shares1.4M Views
McClatchy’s Nancy Youssef has a big story: as a dividend for leaving Iraq, the Marines will spend twice as much time at home as deployed in a combat zone, reaching the desired two-to-one so-called “dwell to deployment” ratio that the Army won’t see until at least 2012. As the Marines are engaged in an arduous fight in southern Afghanistan, it’s surely a welcome change.
Hajra Shannon
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