The Beijing-based SCO currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. Along with India, the process to include Pakistan as a member was initiated here on Friday.
I was an Army Reservist and was deployed from August 2002 to July 2003 for Operation Enduring Freedom. Since then, I have transferred to the National Guard and have changed my MOS. The National Guard unit I transferred to will be deploying sometime next month for an 18 month rotation in Iraq.Now, I have heard that in the National Guard, if you've been deployed in the last two years, in order for you to deploy again, you have to sign a waiver, requesting to go on the deployment.he National Guard unit I transferred to will be deploying sometime next month for an 18 month rotation in Iraq. Now, I have heard that in the National Guard, if you've been deployed in the last two years, in order for you to deploy again, you have to sign a waiver, requesting to go on the deployment.
Units deployed before the policy takes effect, January 2012, will continue to have 12 month deployments. Currently, deployment has been 12 months with a goal of 24 months at home. However, the Army will continue to review how to increase the amount of time Soldiers spend at home depending on the amount of time they are deployed.