{"id":76544,"date":"2024-03-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/18\/pentagon-wont-say-if-troop-deployment-tempo-exceeds-recommended-goal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:10:36","slug":"pentagon-wont-say-if-troop-deployment-tempo-exceeds-recommended-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/03\/18\/pentagon-wont-say-if-troop-deployment-tempo-exceeds-recommended-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon won\u2019t say if troop deployment tempo exceeds recommended goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department is still operating under a 2021 policy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/16\/13-deployment-to-dwell-ratio-to-be-standardized-under-dod-policy-starting-in-nov\/\" target=\"_blank\">sets a goal for active duty units to spend three months at home for every month they spend deployed<\/a>, a spokeswoman confirmed to Military Times on Friday, but the Pentagon won\u2019t disclose how often it\u2019s being met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy, which technically expired in November but is still part of the department\u2019s force management guidance, includes a waiver process for units to revert to the mandatory minimum 1:2 deployment-to-dwell ratio, but the numbers on waiver requests and approvals are classified, Army Maj. Grace Geiger said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department has multiple processes in place to identify, approve, and track individuals and units not meeting the goal,\u201d she added, including oversight from the services, the Joint Staff and the defense secretary\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon had not answered follow-up questions seeking details of these oversight processes as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions about the Pentagon policy emerged following an Army Times investigation last week that found that members of Army armor brigades \u2014 units that largely have not met the dwell time goals over the past decade \u2014 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/11\/broken-track-suicides-suffering-in-armys-exhausted-armor-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">twice as likely to kill themselves<\/a> than other active duty soldiers in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/11\/broken-track-suicides-suffering-in-armys-exhausted-armor-community\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SexyassAbramsSunsetphoto.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\">BROKEN TRACK: Suicides &#038; suffering in Army\u2019s exhausted armor community<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An Army Times data analysis found that armor brigades and tankers experienced higher suicide rates than the rest of the Army.<\/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\">Long periods of high operational tempo can increase a service member\u2019s suicide risk, according to Craig Bryan, a psychologist and mental health researcher at Ohio State University who spoke to Army Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan, a former Air Force psychologist, was a member of the suicide prevention independent review committee convened by the Pentagon in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That committee found that \u201ctraining demands and requirements \u2026 [are] primary sources of stress, burnout and demoralization.\u201d Other common stressors include shoddy computers, byzantine promotion policies, unsupportive leaders and poor housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army tank brigades have flirted with or broken the dwell threshold in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 3rd Infantry Division\u2019s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team returned from a nine-month South Korea rotation in August 2021. But the Raider Brigade rapidly deployed to Europe six months later in February 2022, when Russia expanded its invasion of Ukraine. The brigade\u2019s families were furious about the move, detailing the hardships they faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/03\/17\/families-of-troops-deployed-to-natos-flank-sound-off-in-town-hall-with-armys-top-nco\/\" target=\"_blank\">during a March 2022 town hall<\/a> with the Army\u2019s then-top noncommissioned officer at Fort Stewart, Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, the Fort Carson, Colorado-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/03\/12\/broken-track-why-the-iron-knights-chose-to-speak-out-about-suicides\/\" target=\"_blank\">3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team<\/a> of the 4th Infantry Division, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/01\/31\/army-announces-spring-deployments-for-seven-units\/\" target=\"_blank\">deploys to Europe<\/a> approximately 16 months after returning from an eight-month Poland mission in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former officials argue that the sustained operational tempo has harmed units as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Gen. 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