[CheneyChick]

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage. These are the Army Values.

I don't disagree with you that changing the length of deployment is a morale buster and a huge challenge for retention (you have no idea how well I know this). However, we are only responsible for the commitments we make and must keep. That is the mark of a true professional.

Cheers, CC

[Salgak]

I understand completely. However, those who Serve with Honor, expect to be TREATED with Honor in return. I left the USAF in 1989 because I tired of an endless series of broken committments. . .at a base that had ZERO enlisted re-ups for 7 straight years, and the OFFICER retention rate of Indefinite Reserve and Regular Officers was around 30%.

Maybe we see things from a different angle: to me, committment is a two-way street. . . .