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Reduction in deployment length?

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incubus852

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With all this talk about drawing down the number of troops in Iraq, does anyone have an idea how this will affect deployment cycles or length, etc? Or if it will have any affect at all?

In addition, if/when we send more troops to Afghanistan, will that increase the need for a carrier in that region?

CNN reported today that some 12,000 troops will be removed from Iraq by this fall:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/08/iraq.troop.withdrawal/index.html
 
Good question (bump). It seems like the ESGs will be busy bringing them home for the next few years.

Still, could this at least eliminate the need for surge deployments (on the CSG side at least)?
 
Anyone with any real knowledge of carrier deployment plans and strategic movements is hopefully smart enough not to post it here, if not it will be swiftly deleted.

As for deployments, it is way too early to make a prediction on deployment length and frequency.
 
12k from Iraq, 17k to Afghanistan.

Our business remains in demand.

What makes you think ESG's will have anything to do with a withdrawal? We have these things called planes.....
 
mmx1 said:
12k from Iraq, 17k to Afghanistan.

Our business remains in demand.
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Does the mission change at all because Afghanistan is a bit more remote and sparsely populated than urban Iraq? I.E will close air support increase? I'm not asking for specific game plans here, just an idea...
 
Everything is METT-T dependent. Individual regions in both Iraq and Afghanistan will require different levels of support and different tactics from those supporting.
It is impossible to generalize and answer the question.
The deployments will be what they will be and any truths today will change in a year.
 
incubus852 said:
Does the mission change at all because Afghanistan is a bit more remote and sparsely populated than urban Iraq? I.E will close air support increase? I'm not asking for specific game plans here, just an idea...
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This is an open forum. You're not the only one who'd like an idea. Best ask that question in your favorite Ready Room.
 
mmx1 said:
12k from Iraq, 17k to Afghanistan.

Our business remains in demand.

What makes you think ESG's will have anything to do with a withdrawal? We have these things called planes.....
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There are still LHAs/LHDs that transport Marines and Marine equipment.
 
incubus852 said:
With all this talk about drawing down the number of troops in Iraq, does anyone have an idea how this will affect deployment cycles or length, etc? Or if it will have any affect at all?

In addition, if/when we send more troops to Afghanistan, will that increase the need for a carrier in that region?
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No, or yes. Good enough?
 
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