Trying to mesh the typical Air National Guard Air Expeditionary Force 90-120 day C-27 rotations with the typical 1 year deployments that were the standard for C-23 deploying assets will not be an easy one. The Army fixed wing assets are used to being embedded for the long haul whereas the Air Guard have not had the same type of stomach for such long deployments. By the time a typical AEF rotation crew has figured out all the intricacies of operating within the AOR, it's time to pack up and head back to the US. There needs to be a certain level of continuity in these type of protracted military operations.