June 21 2010
The U.S. Army aims to reduce combat deployments to nine months and increase dwell time to three years, the Army Times reports.
Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff, said that studies are examining the possibilities of such a schedule.
The Army initially went into Afghanistan and Iraq with 12-month deployments, but increased them to 15 months from early 2007 to August 2008.
"Fifteen months is too long," Casey told the Times. "Twelve months is too long to sustain...
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