R&R question

[Soldierschick]

Hello ladies,

Do all soldiers get to come back for R&R or some don't? The army changed our plans quite a bit before and I'm just worried db won't get to come home...

Thanks,
Lalja

[Kaylin]

sadly, no. They are *supposed* to, but there are some guys in DF unit that still have not been home for R&R and they are coming home in January!

Chances are, he will get R&R but there is always a chance that he won't!

[Soldierschick]

Thanks Kaylin! I guess I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that he will!

[Taylor]

I know DB really set me up to be prepared for the possibility of him not getting a deployment. We have a date, so hopefully it'll happen. But there's definetly a possibility that some won't get leave during their deployments.

[bb1982]

In a wonderful world they would all get to. But I've known people personally that didn't get R&R despite 13-15 month deployments. But I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that your DB gets his!

[Soldierschick]

Thanks ladies...I sure hope db gets it!

[CoutureGirl]

Originally Posted by Kaylin sadly, no. They are *supposed* to, but there are some guys in DF unit that still have not been home for R&R and they are coming home in January! Chances are, he will get R&R but there is always a chance that he won't!

That is a total bummer. I hope my DB get his. He did have enough leave days for his blocked leave before deployment so they gave him a lot of 4 day weekend passes.

How long before you found out about your RnR date? Was it a surprise? Were they already in the states before you knew?

[Cubgirl]

My DF said about 85% of his brigade gets it. We were told that he wasn't going to til last week. So he is getting RnR this month, and then will be home begining of the year. We were planning on him not being home. I would just expect he isn't, and then if he is it will be a pleasant suprise!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

[leftover]

It totally depends on the numbers, you have to do the math.. It depends on how many are in his Brigade, and how long they are deployed.. Let's plug in some pretend numbers for an example.

Let's assume that only 10% of the deployed soldiers in his Brigade/Battalion can be absent at any time. This includes those who fly home for emergency Red Cross leave, and R&R.. That's a common rule for most deployments; 10%

Let's assume that there are 1000 soldiers in his Brigade (for the sake of easy math). That means that no more then 100 soldiers can be gone at a time. It's a common rule that R&R cannot be taken for the first 30 days they are IN country, and the last 30 days before the deployment ends. That means that on a one year deployment, there are only 10 months (310 days) that can be allotted for R&R travels.

Let's assume that their leave will be a total of 20 days each- accounting for travel days.

310 divided by 20 is 15. So that means there would be a total of 15 R&R rotations.

If there are 15 rotations, and 100 soldiers can be absent from in-country at a time, 15x100 is 1500. So in the 10 month (310 days) they can send home 1500 soldiers. But in our imaginary Brigade, there are only 1000 soldiers! That means that there will be time for every one of our soldiers to come home!

BUT, if our pretend deployment is only 6 months, there will not be enough time allotted for every soldier to get leave.

HOWEVER, we didn't figure in the emergency Red Cross leave, cause no one knows for sure who will come home on emergency leave. Some commands count emergency leave as R&R, and some don't. That depends on the command.

And chances are, your man's Brigade numbers are classified.. My husband's deployment, they gave the low ranks and officers first dibs on going home. They sent the E1-E4s first and the officers went second. If anytime was left over for NCOs, the NCOs got to go. But since we had a 24 month deployment, there was time for my husband to come home..

I hope he can get R&R! Keep your fingers crossed!

[Soldierschick]

Wow! Thanks for that in detail explanation! I am new to the deployment life and don't know much about how the army work so that helped out a lot!
Lalja