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3 OIF deployments from 2005-2011. Unsustainable OPTEMPO for me personally so I got out.
I joined after 9/11, went to Iraq a few times. Figured (at the time) it would be over eventually. Apparently not.
Same. Twice in OEF and once in OIF. I imagine there are guys going in double digit deployments, which is nuts
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Yeah I don’t think anyone expected it to drag on this long. I have an old Army buddy that’s over there now. He and I were deployed in the gulf when 9/11 occurred. He’s beyond tired.
Thats a big reason I got out, deployed 5 times with no end in site.
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I invaded Afghanistan in Dec 2001 with the 13th MEU (I was a Lance then), and at the time the Marine Corps was worried the war would be over before everyone got a turn. There were a bunch of officers that didn’t get combat experience in Gulf War One whose careers suffered for it. We did like a 45 day pump and then someone came in behind us.
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Yep sure is 👍🏼
We might actually have troops in Afghanistan who were conceived on leave or post tour. How wild is that?
I was in Afghanistan in 2007. While on tour, my wife gave birth to our 2nd son. He is now 13, and I just missed getting tagged to go back to Afghanistan for another tour with the Reserves. Thought it would be over a long time ago, but it continues.