{"id":14375,"date":"2018-02-14T23:19:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/14\/dod-releases-new-deploy-or-get-out-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:29:55","slug":"dod-releases-new-deploy-or-get-out-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/02\/14\/dod-releases-new-deploy-or-get-out-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s official: DoD releases new \u2018deploy or get out\u2019 policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon on Wednesday released its new policy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/05\/deploy-or-get-out-new-pentagon-plan-could-boot-thousands-of-non-deployable-troops\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">military lethality<\/a>, which will begin separation procedures for service members who have been non-deployable for the last 12 months or more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis new policy is a 12-month deploy or be removed policy,\u201d Robert Wilkie, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told a Senate panel Wednesday. \u201cHowever, there are exceptions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/05\/deploy-or-get-out-new-pentagon-plan-could-boot-thousands-of-non-deployable-troops\/\">Military Times previously reported<\/a>, there will be exceptions, such as pregnancy. Medical boards will review wounded personnel, and the services will retain the ability to grant exceptions to wounded warriors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com\/client_files\/1518714002.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Full details of the policy<\/a> were expected to be posted publicly at noon Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/02\/05\/deploy-or-get-out-new-pentagon-plan-could-boot-thousands-of-non-deployable-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AIR-deployment-cover-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Deploy or get out: New Pentagon plan could boot thousands of non-deployable troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Approximately 11 percent, or 235,000, of the 2.1 million personnel serving on active duty, in the reserves or National Guard are currently non-deployable.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe situation we face today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2018\/02\/13\/the-united-states-is-under-attack-russia-likely-to-hit-midterms\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">is really unlike anything we have faced<\/a>, certainly in the post-World War II era,\u201d Wilkie told the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on personnel and readiness. \u201cOn any given day, about 13 to 14 percent of the force is medically unable to deploy. That comes out to be about 286,000 [service members].\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkie said that the new policy was the result of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis\u2019 July 21 memo that \u201ceveryone who comes into the service and everyone who stays in the service is world-wide deployable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkie likened having 14 percent of forces non-deployable to Jeff Bezos at Amazon walking into his company on Christmas week and finding that 14 percent of his employees were unable to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe would no longer be the largest company in the world,\u201d Wilkie said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkie acknowledged several deployability challenges that are \u201con us,\u201d such as unit leaders not ensuring that all of the service members under their leadership had gotten all of their required dental and medical care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Command Sgt Maj. 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