He's been here at Chas AFB for 4 yrs. He said ever since he's been here, all they ever do is deploy. He's a mechanic on C-17's. Is there any other Air base we can go to so that he wouldnt get so many deployments?? He feels like he's never home and we've found it hard trying to make a family.
2007-09-19 09:41:52 · 8 answers · asked by kimandkaitlyn2005 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Welcome to the Military...The Army Post we live on is always deploying...and they deploy for 15- 18 months at a time...My friends husband is on his 3rd deployment...this one is only 15 months the rest were 18 months...my husbands unit came home from Iraq in late 2004 after doing 18 months and re-deployed in 2006 for another 15 months..it sucks, but its my husband's job and I support him 110%, My husband isnt infantry he is Comsec, some people believe that if their spouse isnt Infantry then they shouldnt have to deploy...they are wrong,...Proud Army Wife of 14 years and still going strong...Good Luck and hope he finds what hes looking for
2007-09-19 10:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the past few years the Air Force has gone from a "garrison Air Force" to an expeditionary air force. That means more TDY periods for those at various air bases, both here and abroad. It's gone way beyond some guys from Pope or Charleston heading over to Kadena during the peak summer transfer months to help out at the passenger terminal. It hasn't quite approached the standard life in the Navy's fleets of six to nine month deployments, six months in a stateside port, and then back out on deployment again. But, it's getting there.
I once knew a fellow with a medical AFSC who arrived at my nearby base's hospital for duty as an Airman First Class and retired at the same hospital as a Master Sergeant. I don't see a return to that sort of air force life ever again.
2007-09-19 16:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How funny. Did this surprise him when it happened. Military is about that. Big surprise huh?
I deployed for 21 years. Found out it was easy to make a family. We were stronger because of it. Maybe change AFSC to personnel or Finance.
Reminds me of the mother who wanted to know why her army son had to go to war.
2007-09-19 19:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jim H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. Ask him if he is open to cross training. Aircraft mechanics deploy alot.
2. Ask him if he is open to applying for a special duty such as PME Instructor or Tech School Instructor. They don't deploy.
3. Tell him to apply for a CLSS slot if he ever sees one. We get to go tdy alot in my CLSS unit but if you don't want to you can stay home most cases. We also do not deploy except in rare circumstances as we are not in an AEF cycle.
He has choices.
2007-09-19 17:20:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jimmy Petrucco 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure wish there was an easy answer to this but man that's an in demand job. The C-17 is so overworked it's not funny. C-5s are old and not as flexible as to where they can go into. You might want to look into recruiting. The hours can be long but at least you'll see him every day. I know you're husband gets some thank you's for his service but from me to you, THANKS for your sacrifices too.
2007-09-19 18:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Paul B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to a wartime military. I ended up getting out when it came to a choice between the kids and the military and deployments. He needs to change his AFSC to something that doesnt deploy so often.
2007-09-19 16:58:11 · answer #6 · answered by Bob D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could always apply to be an instructor at his AFSC's tech school.
Then he wouldn't deploy at all.
But in the AFSC he is in, he will deploy for the rest of his career.
He should have applied to change AFSC's when he reenlisted.
2007-09-19 18:07:02 · answer #7 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a great demand for mechanics of all kinds in the all the branches of the military. unless he wants to switch mos's he is just going to have to tough it out.
2007-09-19 16:58:50 · answer #8 · answered by ggates1982 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋