If the 2011 'end date' or 'mission change date' (or whatever it's called these days) holds true, then few of the troops joining now will see combat (or in my case, most of the folks going through ROTP right now will not deploy to Afghanistan in the kinds of roles they think they are).
I can't wait for when, in a couple years down the road, we see the Army split along the lines of those who were there and those who weren't with all the career, promotion and other implications that holds. There's a reason they are quickly cycling mid to senior level army officers through that mission...
(Edit by Mod to correct typo in slit thread title. - MO)
I can't wait for when, in a couple years down the road, we see the Army split along the lines of those who were there and those who weren't with all the career, promotion and other implications that holds. There's a reason they are quickly cycling mid to senior level army officers through that mission...
(Edit by Mod to correct typo in slit thread title. - MO)