I recently heard of 3 brothers from Texas that were being sent to Iraq and will be stationed in the same base. I was just wondering if there was a legal limit of siblings that the US can send to war.
2007-09-23 17:46:00 · 10 answers · asked by voivod 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No. There used to be a "sole surviving son" provision in American law circa WW 2. Unless two of the brothers were to die, and the parents rose a stink there is nothing that can or will be done. They are all volunteers to the military. That changes the dynamics as well. There might be some compassionate reassignment provision that might apply. But that would depend on the chain-of-command of the military members and the desire of any of the three brothers to actually leave the war zone, which I highly doubt any of them would pursue. As no honorable military man would...
*kevw25 is correct. They might be at the same base, but most likely will not be assigned to the same units. I have seen brothers who were both assigned to the same Battalion in the National Guard with me, but units are hesitant to bring them any closer than that (i.e. Company, Platoon, Squad or lower.).
2007-09-23 17:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Marco R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No legal limit. The first Marine casualty in Operation Desert Storm was a Sergeant from Utah. His brother served as his funeral escort. He was a Marine Lance Corporal in the same theater of operations. One couple in Southern California has lost two sons in Iraq at different intervals. The third one has been returned to the U.S. and will not be deployed.
2007-09-23 18:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 17:55:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only provision is that siblings can not be attached in the exact same unit ie Company. But they could be in opposing Companies of the Same Battalion. Basically, it's just so that if an entire company gets wiped out, theirs still a chance the other one survived.
2007-09-23 19:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no legal limit.
Just recently, a service member had his 2nd of two brother's to be killed in Iraq.
So the Military did pull him from Iraq
2007-09-24 05:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a variation of the Only Son myth.
http://snopes.com/military/onlyson.asp
2007-09-23 17:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by Marc X 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
since it is an all volunteer military, all 17 kids of the Duggers could be sent if they all enlisted at the same time.
2007-09-24 01:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as they keep coming they will keep sending them. They will not serve in the same units however.
2007-09-23 17:51:24 · answer #8 · answered by Kevy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there is no limit.
2007-09-23 18:55:21 · answer #9 · answered by Troopers_Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO LEGAL LIMIT.
2007-09-23 18:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by Tusker9E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋