<p>Weski: “but not knowing when they will come home again.”</p>
<p>Luckily this part has been somewhat taken care of. With a few exceptions the Army is on one year orders, the navy/marine corps is on 6mos orders, and the air force is on 4mos orders. </p>
<p>Depending on certain situations there is usually some work-up time before the actual deployment and some post-deployment training afterwards. In the beginning of the war it was much less predictable.</p>
<p>Ann: “From my experience, the Guard members who are self employed (including doctors) seem to be the ones with the most to lose financially”</p>
<p>I think I’d agree with you here. I don’t think it is necessarily the loss of income that is the main problem, but if you are self-employed then you will probably lose your business and then when you do get back there is nothing left for you.</p>