how do deployments affect a city?

Answer 1

Deployments have a huge affect on surrounding communities. In past years, when our entire division deployed, with about 18,000 soldiers gone, it was pretty dead around here. When soldiers deploy, many wives choose to go to their homestate to be with their families. So that leaves even fewer people around. That leaves fewer people to spend money, and fewer employees working. Our installation does have to continue to exist, so there are people around, soldiers on rear d.

I choose to stay on post, closest to information and help should I need it. And I like the quiet and peace of an empty post. Makes getting in and out of the commissary on payday much easier!

Answer 2

Depending on how big of a city or how big of a post it could range from less traffic which is a good thing, to lose of shoppers and such. I live in hawaii and when deployments come around most wives go home to their families and so the base is really empty, I mean Rear D is still here but yeah it is empty, and that has affected the nearby stores which are not as open long hours, and even on base things close earlier because there are not the customers. There is also less traffic and more empty houses. A lot of revenue comes from soldiers and their dependents and especially here in Hawaii people felt it in the nearby town.

Answer 3

Well... you pull out a large number of individuals from a city or town, and there are going to be fewer dollars being spent IN that town !!

Lets use San Diego in the 1990's... a Carrier Battle Group goes on deployment: that's about 10,000 people who left the area. Sure, maybe 40% are married and leaving spouses and kids behind... paying rents and grocery bills

But you also then have 6,000 people who won't be buying beers, burgers, CD's, DVD's and clothes in that town for 6 months... nor will they be spending money towards dry-cleaning, haircuts, uniform repair, and other services. Perhaps half of those single folks will also be closing out rental agreements (the rest lived aboard ship or on base).

I'd be interested in seeing statistics for Army related area's

Answer 4

the thing with deployments is there is always a unit or strike group returning. smaller bases like hawaii, maybe affected a little more so than others but i doubt it. you have multiple companys on one base they are never all gone at one time. so it doesnt do as much harm as those who posted before are saying. big cities like san deigo and norfolk. go on like its nothing when a group deploys because the bases are ao big its not noticed plus you have all of the civilians who live there not just the service men and families. these places arent just military. the town goes on no jobs are lost and no bills are gone unpaid because of deployment. these cities arent there just cause of the base. they thrive because of them but its not all they have

Answer 5

if the area surrounding the base depends heavily on the base for it's income, there can be a huge impact. with people being deployed, they aren't back home spending money in the bars or the stores.

Answer 6

Many Guard and reserve military police are also on a civilian police force somewhere, so it causes personnel shortages in the local towns when they are called to active duty.