longer tours for soldiers in iraq...

  1. siameseparrot
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    12/04/07
    09:37
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    "Pentagon Orders Longer Tours for Soldiers in Iraq

    WASHINGTON, April 11 — All active-duty Army troops now in Iraq or Afghanistan or headed to either country will serve 15-month tours of duty, up from the usual 12-month tours, effective immediately, the Pentagon announced today...."

    Full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/world/middleeast/11cnd-military.html?hp

    Hmmnn ... I wouldn't exactly call being sent to Iraq for 15 months a tour. Would you?


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