Their predeployment training may be part of their regular job, so there may not be much disruption to their regular schedule, or they may need to learn entirely new skills for the deployment. These deployments may be with Navy units or joint units, or service members may be assigned to a unit of a different branch of the military. The latter is usually called an individual augmentee job. Sailors deployed without a ship or a sub may go for as little as 30 days or for more than a year.
Learn more about Navy deployments ». Airmen participate in many different types of deployments. Most Air Force deployments involve flying to another location, often an overseas Air Force base, a joint base or the base of another service. Airmen may live on those bases or stay in hotels. Some Air Force units have a faster deployment cycle, with shorter deployments and shorter times between deployments.
While Air Force deployments still may follow the average durations of other branch deployments, typically six to 12 months, they may also do a series of two- to three-month deployments in quick succession.
Differences in deployment tempo are usually based upon job and unit. For servicemembers and families, it has come to mean much more: the preparations and personal needs that need to be taken care of at home before, during and after deployment. Deployment for active servicemembers and National Guard and Reserve members, as well as Individual Augmentee IA deployment, follows these cycles:.
When not deployed, servicemembers and their units undergo traditional training to prepare for the conduct of military duties. During this phase, servicemembers go through normal training and medical evaluations that maintain their personal and unit readiness level. From the family point of view, this phase is "normal life," as the servicemember is at home and going to work on a regular basis.
Near the end of this phase, the unit will be alerted for possible deployment and will receive orders to mobilize. Upon receiving a mobilization alert, preparation for deployment begins, including required briefings, additional training, medical and dental evaluations, and possibly counseling to ensure that service members are ready and able to be deployed.
The pre-deployment phase ends when service members or their units physically leave the home installation for the theater of operations. The deployment phase of the cycle begins with the physical movement of individuals and units from their home installation to the designated theater of operations.
This phase of the deployment cycle can be a stressful time for servicemembers and their families as they face the realities of a deployment and what that means for them. The remainder of the deployment phase primarily involves the performance of military duties in support of the mission either in the theater of operations overseas or within the United States.
Servicemembers return to their home installation, and prepare to "reintegrate" into normal life, with individual branches of service offering additional briefings, training, medical evaluations, and counseling to assist. In the post-deployment phase, active duty service members will be ready to return to their normal jobs on the installation.
This phase includes reintegration into family life and the community, as well as reintegration into regular military duties. Units may require servicemembers to complete follow-on briefings, training, counseling, and medical evaluations during this phase.
Servicemembers and their families may experience some stress during this phase, as everyone readjusts to life together. Many support services are available for service members and their families to make this readjustment easier, either through the branches of Service or through the community.
This phase is similar to the active duty pre-deployment phase in that the servicemember is living a "normal life," and undergoing regularly scheduled training and medical evaluations that maintain their personal and unit readiness level.
When servicemembers receive a mobilization alert they will be given briefings, additional training and medical evaluations in preparation; the pre-deployment phase ends when servicemembers or their units physically leave the home installation for the theater of operations. Individual augmentee IA deployment occurs when a servicemember receives orders to deploy individually or with a small group to augment a different unit.
This type of deployment is different from deployments that occur when an entire unit, squadron, or ship is ordered to deploy. An IA can be an active duty, a National Guard, or a Reserve service member, and can either volunteer for IA service or be selected for it.
Deploying IA Sailors and Airmen usually require additional training and can be ordered to tours longer in length than a traditional deployment. When called for an IA deployment, service members usually have shorter notification times, lack specific information concerning their deployment, and are often deployed to areas that present communication challenges. More information on the IA program can be found on these websites:.
Once a servicemember is mobilized, family members may find they need assistance with a particular problem or be in need of general support. Regardless of which military branch the Reserve is serving in, family members can receive services from any military installation. What is available will vary according to installation staffing, active duty population, and geographical isolation.
If you do not live near an installation, many of the services can be provided via the telephone and e-mail. The FAC will provide current information concerning family support available within the state to include military, federal, state, and local civilian support to military family members. It will also provide government forms and assistance in filling them out. Although names vary, most of the services are the same.
Centers are staffed by highly trained human services professionals and volunteers. All programs are free of charge. Seven brigades have deployments scheduled in late spring and summer, Army Headquarters announced Thursday. Officials from some of the deploying units pointed Army Times to Europe- and Middle East-based service officials concerning how the deployment process will work during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Angela Funaro said Friday. The Pentagon has also said it hopes to be able to test 60, service members a day for coronavirus by June, using a tiered system to prioitize those in critical roles first.
Here are the Army units tapped for deployments:. That effort is intended to align combat forces with combatant commands in priority regions such as the Indo-Pacific and Europe. Beginning Oct. Army V Corps will be dedicated to the European theater, overseeing the two combat brigades based on the continent and the permanent rotation of an armored combat brigade.
Active-duty units will cycle through eight months each of modernization, training and missions. National Guard and Reserve units will be part of ReARRM, but they will have extended phases because their timelines are different from the active force, Flynn said. The new eight-month modernization window, which replaces the old support window, is designed to allow units time to be equipped with new combat systems being developed under the Army's sweeping modernization strategy -- an effort to begin replacing Cold War combat systems such as the UH Black Hawk helicopter, Bradley fighting vehicle and the Patriot air defense system over the next decade.
Units will use this eight-month period to turn in old equipment and conduct training on newly fielded systems that could range from the Next Generation Squad Weapon , hitting the force in , to the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft , part of the the Future Vertical Lift effort, coming online in the timeframe.
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