When will all of our Troops come home?

Question

I'm dating a Marine and I'd love for him to be able to take me to my Senior Prom, I was just wondering when will there no longer be the threat for any enlistees to go to Iraq or Iran or any where else that isn't holding my Senior Prom.

Answer 1

Sorry about your prom, dear, but there will never be a time when our young men aren't serving their country in another part of the globe. That's what we DO. It's our job. it isn't always pretty, but it's always the truth. We are useless at home. We have no purpose at home. Our job is simply to defend and uphold the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But I really do hate that your guy might miss your prom. I missed my girl's prom back before you were born, and I've always hated letting her down. It will bother him as much as it does you, and probably for a lot longer. But remember he's doing what he has too, not what he wants too. I'm sure if he had a choice, he'd be dancing with his girl, not laying on a cot staring at your picture.

Answer 2

When you volunteer to join the armed forces they give you a gun and train you to kill people overseas....thats the job.

For the next 3-20 years the contract you have with the government is to go anywhere at any time and carry out that job.

The troops will come home when there is no longer a job for them to do overseas.

I hope it is soon for you and for them.

Answer 3

ALL of our Troops will NEVER come home. Most will come home either alive or in body bags but they ALL will never come home hon. If your dating a Marine & your worried about something like your senior prom then you have ALOT to learn. When you enlist.. your azz belongs to Uncle Sam, your second & quite frankley, until your married legally you don't even exist.

Answer 4

Four major combat brigades from Texas, Alaska and Colorado are scheduled to replace troops returning home from the war, the Pentagon said. Thus, the announcement does not signal an increase in troop strength in Iraq.

In a press release Tuesday, the Pentagon said the planned assignments could change depending on the conditions in Baghdad. The move comes as Pentagon officials and the Bush administration are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Combined with last November's announcement of 92,000 American service members scheduled to go to Iraq in the 2006-2008 rotation, this would bring the total U.S. troop level to about 113,000 for that period. That is less than the approximately 138,000 average troop level for the past year, but more than military officials' goal of less than 100,000 by the end of the year.

There are about 127,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

Not all of the units in the first 92,000 have gone to Iraq yet. A Germany-based Army brigade's travel to Iraq was put on hold just last month triggering talk that a U.S. troop cut might be in the offing. They are now scheduled to go this summer. And a Fort Lewis, Washington, brigade began shipping equipment to Iraq this month and the soldiers are expect to follow soon.

The moves suggest that U.S. commanders are sticking largely to their original troop rotation plan for this year, leaving unclear when and if a sizable reduction in U.S. troop levels will begin.

Defense officials said the announcement makes no major changes to the number of troops in Iraq and should not be interpreted as a move to either decrease or increase the size of the military there.

"Force levels in Iraq continue to be conditions-based and will be determined in consultation with the Iraqi government," the announcement said. "Changes may be made that could affect units now being identified and advised to prepare to deploy."

The decision was made by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, based on recommendations by commanders in the field.

The units are: 3rd Corps Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division Headquarters, the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, all from Fort Hood in Texas; the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, N.C.; the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from Fort Richardson in Alaska; and the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Carson in Colorado.

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Answer 5

Hope they go back home soon from this War OF Terror, preferrably before your senior prom... pray for it, girl. :)

Answer 6

when the job is done

Answer 7

I hope soon!