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Originally Posted by lookout123
up until that time, deployed troops stayed deployed until the war was over. it has been a nicety that the military has been able to use 90/180/360 deployment cycles from Vietnam until now.
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It has been a
necessity from Vietnam until now. You cannot have a volunteer military and a 'for the duration' deployment, unless you want to have recruitment drop down to a trickle and end up with 'stop loss' and a constant recycling of the same troops until a) they mutiny, b) a draft is reinstated, or c) everyone packs up and goes home.
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