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DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« on: June 03, 2013, 01:42:01 PM »
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Eighth tour in Afghanistan
I just found out the other day that my cousin (well sort of my cousin ... a whole other story within itself) is about to begin his eighth tour in Afghanistan.
 
His new wife just had his child and he was home for a short time and off he went for another "tour".
 
I suppose he must be re-enlisting as he began his military "career" (that is what this seems to be turning into) in 2008.
 
I'm very sad to learn of this and I figured he'd be so sick of the U.S. Army after his initial enlistment time was up that he'd be running as far and as fast as he could from them, but no, this is not the case obviously.
 
I don't know a whole lot about my cousin but damn, what a hell, EIGHT tours?

How many of these "tours" can a person go on anyway?

Sad and disgusted all at once, and gee, I thought we were going to get out of that damned place and get out of it sooner rather than later! And what will we have left of my cousin when and if he returns? I hate thinking about it really.

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4. What branch
Unless Air Force or Special Ops someone is pulling your chain. Even with Air Force and 120 rotations that is just about impossible. I have 5 to Iraq in the nearly 9 years we were there, that is a fairly common number. Might have one to Afghanistan before this year as over, but that would be voluntary as a civilian. I am extremely curious what this person does in the military, branch and job. Because if it is Army Combat Arms or Marine Combat Arms there is no way someone has done eight tours in under five years.



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6. Special Ops

Yes, I think that is what he is in, the Seals or something I was told. *sigh*

Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket.
He's in the U.S. Army Seals. The Tom Wright/DUmoTex Division.


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2. That is what I was thinking. Hubby did nine pacs
In a 21 year navy carrer, his last two, longer wartime pacs (one started before 911, so it became a wartime patrol)
 
In a humorous twist, when they got the message, we are at war, you are cleared to shoot, but we have no idea who the enemy is.
 
He tells the story better


A nuclear submarine was cleared to shoot.
I missed reading the news that day.
Glad they didn't fire.


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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 02:12:42 PM »
Bucks--yeah, I did the math too.

And he's "Army Seals?"  Who ****in knew?

Nads, finally, you're a ****ing idiot.  Your QM hubby never saw that, it never happened, etc.  I've been around during a "shooting war" on a boat and nothing of the sort ever happens.

EVER.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 02:20:04 PM »
"Sarge, I know I just got back from a tour in the middle east, but you gotta help me get back over there right away.....my moonbat family is driving me crazy."
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 02:27:30 PM »
Poor DUmmie is pissed that this supposed family member doesn't hate the military as much as he does.  And has actually decided to turn it into a career.

 :whatever:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2013, 02:46:20 PM »
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2. That is what I was thinking. Hubby did nine pacs
In a 21 year navy carrer, his last two, longer wartime pacs (one started before 911, so it became a wartime patrol)
 
In a humorous twist, when they got the message, we are at war, you are cleared to shoot, but we have no idea who the enemy is.
 
He tells the story better

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG81ptfPz7I[/youtube]
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2013, 03:57:58 PM »
9 tours?  Special Ops?  Does the OP have even the tiniest clue?
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2013, 04:28:04 PM »
It takes a special drug deal for the Army to send you into a combat tour for anything except a year.  Other services have different rules, which have changed over time to boot, but unless he's going there for TDYs of a month or two and the DUmmie calls that a 'Tour,' it's BS of the first order.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2013, 04:47:44 PM »
DUches will never miss an opportunity to prove their ignorance....and feel great about it.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 04:54:35 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on June 03, 2013, 02:12:42 PM
Bucks--yeah, I did the math too.

And he's "Army Seals?"  Who ****in knew?

Nads, finally, you're a ****ing idiot.  Your QM hubby never saw that, it never happened, etc.  I've been around during a "shooting war" on a boat and nothing of the sort ever happens.

EVER.

Don't forget that TiTboy was a Seal in the Green Berets.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2013, 04:58:46 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on June 03, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Don't forget that TiTboy was a Seal in the Green Berets.
And he was a river boat pilot who pulled temporary duty guarding nuclear weapons on an aircraft carrier.

All before he was 20 years old.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2013, 06:16:01 PM »
OP is full of shit.  He's just making it up.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2013, 06:28:53 PM »
Quote from: JakeStyle on June 03, 2013, 06:16:01 PM
OP is full of shit.  He's just making it up.

Ya think.  :wink:

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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2013, 06:45:50 PM »
Quote from: Vagabond on June 03, 2013, 03:57:58 PM
9 tours?  Special Ops?  Does the OP have even the tiniest clue?


Um/// No.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2013, 06:55:23 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on June 03, 2013, 04:58:46 PM
And he was a river boat pilot who pulled temporary duty guarding nuclear weapons on an aircraft carrier.

All before he was 20 years old.

His cousin is TiT reincarnated.  :rotf:

The rest of the OP yarn is pure bullshit. 

The quality of the "bouncy" is really at a historical all time low. :mad:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2013, 09:10:41 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on June 03, 2013, 04:54:35 PM
Don't forget that TiTboy was a Seal in the Green Berets.

I thought he was a Ranger in the Green Beret ParaRescue Marine Recon SEAL teams?
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2013, 09:18:53 PM »
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2013, 09:28:29 PM »
Quote from: Vagabond on June 03, 2013, 03:57:58 PM
9 tours?  Special Ops?  Does the OP have even the tiniest clue?

Op couldn't acquire a clue if s/h/it were to strip itself nekkid, smear itself with pure clue musk, and dance the clue mating dance in a secluded field full of horny clues at the peak of clue mating season.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2013, 09:39:47 PM »
Quote from: RWKindaGuy on June 03, 2013, 09:10:41 PM
I thought he was a Ranger in the Green Beret ParaRescue Marine Recon SEAL teams?

No, that was nadin's old outfit in Mexico.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2013, 06:15:02 AM »
A question, cus i honestly don't know, but how long is a tour and is it different time lengths for each branch, or assignment?
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« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2013, 07:02:06 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on June 04, 2013, 06:15:02 AM
A question, cus i honestly don't know, but how long is a tour and is it different time lengths for each branch, or assignment?

Varies by branch.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #20 on: June 04, 2013, 07:25:33 AM »
Look you DUCHE, unless this 'cousin' of yours is in CAPOC, SOCOM or JSOC if 'he' is even in the Army, he isn't doing TDY rotations. And 8 9-12 month rotations since since 2008 must be some of that 'new math' you were taught in your proglydyte schools. You have no clue, and at no time during your rambling attempt at a bouncy did you ever make any kind of sense. I award you no bongs, and may God have mercy on your soul.   :bigbird: :bigbird: :bigbird:
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« Reply #21 on: June 04, 2013, 07:34:52 AM »
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2013, 09:09:40 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on June 03, 2013, 02:20:04 PM
"Sarge, I know I just got back from a tour in the middle east, but you gotta help me get back over there right away.....my moonbat family is driving me crazy."

Lemme guess--Casey Sheehan, right?
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #23 on: June 04, 2013, 11:39:11 AM »
Quote from: txradioguy on June 04, 2013, 07:02:06 AM
Varies by branch.

Yep.  For almost the whole GWOT, if you were in the Army (Other than Medical Corps) you had to practically blow somebody to get anything but a one-year tour if you went with a unit, though there were some exceptions to fill shortages or losses (In the personnel sense, not necessarily casualties) in units already in sector, or as augmentation for changing requirements in deployed units.  Medical units were one of the few exceptions, they churned a lot of docs and nurses through on 90-day orders to spread the experience around.  The Marines started out with (Mostly) doing six months, then I think nine months, not sure but I think in recent years they're pretty much on the same calendar as the Army.  The Navy and Air Force are all over the map depending on unit mission but a lot of them seem to have been on three, four, or six-month trips when I was last there.  For anything that actually involves working with the locals on any serious long-term goal, tours less than a year do kinda render continuity impossible.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss Combat Tours
« Reply #24 on: June 04, 2013, 12:00:46 PM »
Thankypu gentlemen! So it would have been possible for someone to do 8 tours, if they were 90 days deployments each
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