hmm, an extra day per month for anything over 12. I asked some friends who are currently being affected by this decision this is what they say. Morale in most NCO's has not changed unless they were dealing with unfavorable issues back stateside, i.e. family's that emotionally can't/wont deal with another 90 days. younger soldiers on their first deployment, very burnt out and angry about not being told by the Army as opposed to hearing it on the television. The NCO's seem to be handling it pretty well with mentorship, as for anyone that was due to ETS or entering re-enlistment window, most had planned on staying in and didnt mind the extension as in the past that meant they would have been paid a bonus of 1,000 per month, with the new 1 day for 30 these folks are none too happy basically they feel like its lip service, in essence they feel that 90 more days of combat for a three day weekend is more of an insult then anything else. Personally i enjoy the longer deployments as i see longer periods between shortfalls in the intelligence cycle due to rotations, I do see myself definatly stressing mentorship to the other NCO's in my unit for all of our newbies.
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