| After five years in the Army, with multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, sypher needed a change. |
| By law, reservists receive 12 months downtime between overseas deployments unless they waive that right. |
| He advocates smaller, lighter and faster troop deployments with a relatively high proportion of special forces. |
| Veterans groups called it unconscionable to inflict cuts of any kind on a force that has endured repeated deployments. |
| Depending on existing manning levels, deployments may have made it difficult to cover specialist support requirements. |
| Our defense budget, troop pay, number of soldiers in uniform, weapons procurement, and National Guard deployments are all way, way up. |
