why they told the troops famlies instead of them they are not coming home?

Answer 1

Yeah, what?
Any OFFICIAL news about deployment (leaving)/redeployment (coming home) is not given out to families until approved to do so by the command. If news like this has come through official channels, to include your FRG, the troops have been told. If SOME of the troops don't know, it's because they were occupied elsewhere when their commanders put out the news.
Unless you get an OFFICIAL message from Command or Family Readiness (which is passing it along from Command), assume it's a rumor without any basis of truth.

Answer 2

Boy, where ever you got that information from is sure wrong. The families are never told before the troops. My husband was starting to board the plane home when they were extended for 30 days, when was I told?, after he called to complain.

I have been dealing with the military for close to 20 years, both as active duty and dependent. Even though the military has gotten better about keeping the families envolved, they are still the last to know. Heck, the media will at times know before the families.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

What?! The troops are the FIRST to know, often weeks ahead of their families. Actually, what I saw more often than not was that the news media knew before the families did, because a soldier would let it slip to his wife (or mom, or dad, or whatever) and then that person would leak it to the media.
Our guys just came home from a deployment. I know all too well how it works.

Answer 4

if you're saying they told the troops' families instead of the troops that the troops weren't coming home, then the only answer i can give is give me some kind of proof this happened.

Answer 5

The Dems only were given into power. There are topics that are extra major than dropping time on impeachment. there'll be investigations. you want to be affected man or woman. The Dems were no longer consulted on the topic of Bush's plan for including extra troops. He referred to as them at the same time on the prompt to inform them of his plan, no longer ask their reviews or concepts. If I had the prospect, i'd ask him why he thinks it would want to really help to operate extra troops now, even as it did not help the only ideal 2 cases he tried it. i'd ask what else he has planned, to help empower the Iraqis to be extra self sustaining. only including extra US troops won't be able to sparkling up the problem of Iraq being unable to regulate and take care of itself.

Answer 6

the military folks have the orders and know a basic time line. family back home are NEVER told exact timing until they are underway. sometimes some things leak but, not becuase of our military - media maybe and they generlly have it wrong. the Soldiers, Saillors, Airmen & Marines all KNOW what they are doing, how long they are staying and an approximate return date. don't know what you are trying to say but -- you're rather off base in any case.

Answer 7

Trust me--the troops always know first.

Answer 8

Huh?