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To deploy or not to deploy, that is the ?

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The KSB

The KSB

4-4-11/11-5-11
A unique opportunity has come my way. While stuck here at good old Ft. Silly awaiting my time until I join my unit an opportunity has come my way to switch assignments with a fellow butter bar (2nd lieutenant). He will get my slot to stay here until April and then go to Ft. Lewis, Washington. I would get his slot to go to the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Up to date my entire career has been assigned to Ft. Bragg although I spent very little time actually there. It would give me a chance to jump again which is very HOOAH (excellent). The down side is that it would mean a certain deployment in the near future. Now, I will eventually have to deploy no matter where I go but if I stayed with my current assignment it would put that off for a few years. My youngest child is 13 months and my oldest is 6 years. My deploying would probably suck pretty bad for them. However, they will eventually have to learn to deal with anyhow, so perhaps it's better now when they a younger. Anyhow, I haven't made a decision yet.
 
ScriptOhio said:
Take the assignment that you believe would most likely help you in advancing up the ranks.
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Right now, I'd guess KSB is just shooting for Captain (O-3) right now, which is all but automatic. He most likely won't even be eligible for Major (O-4) for another 8-10 years. Retiring even as an O-3 at 20 years is better than retiring at E-9 at 30 years, so he's already ahead of the curve.

Family is paramount...stay with them as long as you can.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Right now, I'd guess KSB is just shooting for Captain (O-3) right now, which is all but automatic. He most likely won't even be eligible for Major (O-4) for another 8-10 years. Retiring even as an O-3 at 20 years is better than retiring at E-9 at 30 years, so he's already ahead of the curve.

Family is paramount...stay with them as long as you can.
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Mili, he is a butter bar (2nd Lt.)...I'm guessing he'll have to make 1st Lt. first.:wink2:
 
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What's best for my career really won't play any part in my decision. I allready have a few years in and have been shot at in enough third world countries that another deployment wouldn't have much of an impact on what rank I make. I most likely will stay in past my 20 year mark but I'm not looking to have any stars on my shoulder. If I stayed in till past 30 I might be able to make full colonel. However, I found out that I would be heading to the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne which is not deploying. As of right now only the 3rd Brigade is deploying out of the 82nd. So I will be able to get my prefered duty station and not be deployed right away. I still haven't made up my mind though. I still have to talk it over more with the wife. Military life was so much easier when I was single. Thanks for all the advice everyone.
 
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The KSB said:
What's best for my career really won't play any part in my decision. I allready have a few years in and have been shot at in enough third world countries that another deployment wouldn't have much of an impact on what rank I make. I most likely will stay in past my 20 year mark but I'm not looking to have any stars on my shoulder. If I stayed in till past 30 I might be able to make full colonel. However, I found out that I would be heading to the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne which is not deploying. As of right now only the 3rd Brigade is deploying out of the 82nd. So I will be able to get my prefered duty station and not be deployed right away. I still haven't made up my mind though. I still have to talk it over more with the wife. Military life was so much easier when I was single. Thanks for all the advice everyone.
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I would hold out for your preferred duty station. Does having a deployment hold alot of weight for promotion in the Army? In the AF, deployment in your record mean alot to field grade officer promotion's. I was in the sandbox for all of 2004, I missed my family a helluva lot! The wife & I decided that I needed to get it over with. Because, she's an active duty nurse & she's been out of the country more than I have. We kept in touch with phone calls, e-mails, care packages!
 
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The KSB said:
What's best for my career really won't play any part in my decision. I allready have a few years in and have been shot at in enough third world countries that another deployment wouldn't have much of an impact on what rank I make. I most likely will stay in past my 20 year mark but I'm not looking to have any stars on my shoulder. If I stayed in till past 30 I might be able to make full colonel. However, I found out that I would be heading to the 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne which is not deploying. As of right now only the 3rd Brigade is deploying out of the 82nd. So I will be able to get my preferred duty station and not be deployed right away. I still haven't made up my mind though. I still have to talk it over more with the wife. Military life was so much easier when I was single. Thanks for all the advice everyone.
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That is all you can do bro, once you are married, there is no decision that is yours alone any more. Even something as mundane as "should I take a crap before I take out the trash?" becomes "Honey, I need to use the restroom before I take the trash out."

BTW, thank you for protecting our freedom!
 
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