Originally Posted by
Columbusohio
They are drawing down? Not in Army fixed wing.
The number of CABs has significantly decreased from where it was a few years ago. Iraq had what, zero and Afgh was down to I think 2 a year and a half ago and shrinking to 1, if that?
Sure, Iraq may ramp up a little, and we are staying in Afgh a little longer, but the deployment cycle for the average Army aviator is much much slower than it has been over the last decade. The FW community is a different animal. So I would say it is drawing down, or did over the last few years. IOW, employers shouldn't expect year on year off from their guard/reserves like the OP did over the last decade. More like a deployment every few years, in my estimates.