| By law, reservists receive 12 months downtime between overseas deployments unless they waive that right. |
| Our defense budget, troop pay, number of soldiers in uniform, weapons procurement, and National Guard deployments are all way, way up. |
| After two combat deployments, Lt. Col. Daniel Davis wrote that the war in Afghanistan had failed. |
| Veterans groups called it unconscionable to inflict cuts of any kind on a force that has endured repeated deployments. |
| Volunteering for military deployments is another area in which Air Force reservists excel. |
| Sergeant Leroy Johnston, a Houston native, served five deployments, three in Iraq and two in Afghanistan. |
