Today’s military families: Strong, but overdeployed

“—The military services, combatant commands and civilian leadership should also look for ways to replace some overseas deployments with different types of forward presence that can be easier on families. Options could include basing more forces in Europe and Korea on normal tours, with their families, rather than relying so heavily on rotations/deployments; considering a change to the size and scale of Okinawa/Guam Marine Corps deployments in one way or another; and looking for more clever ways to sustain ships overseas, such as crew swaps that allow ships to remain forward in theater while crews are rotated in and out by airplane.”

Source: Washington Times

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