They serve too
June 30th, 2009
Our Air Force has come a long way in the steady-state business of preparing for deployment. Some 19 years have elapsed since the Gulf War began and since we have continued sending our Airmen back into harm's way. Ten years ago, Air Force officials began the concept of air and space expeditionary force with the concept of scheduled rotations to prepare us for unknown destinations and contingencies.
Since September 2001, our expeditionary bubbles have come and gone, but the theory of not needing a rotation cycle is a lost concept. And for the fairness of morale, our service's chief of staff mandated that everyone is deployable.
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Since September 2001, our expeditionary bubbles have come and gone, but the theory of not needing a rotation cycle is a lost concept. And for the fairness of morale, our service's chief of staff mandated that everyone is deployable.
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