Quote Originally Posted by 82redleg View Post
Unless you're a brain surgeon or burn specialist, or something like that, which simply isn't done in Iraq, there is no excuse for a MAJ (or CPT P) to be without a deployment. Not at 8 years into the war. There is just no excuse.
I'd be curious to know how this happens - even if it is intentional. If, for whatever reason, I wanted to avoid deployments, I don't know how I could have done it for 8 years. This is bizarre.

I actively avoided staff time and even that eventually caught up to me after 7 years. Those were 7 great years.