| Deployment Rings | | | | Who goes on Deployments. |
| Since the beginning of the last century the | | | | If we take the current deployments such as |
| majority of families in the United States that have | | | | Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring |
| family members serving in the United States | | | | Freedom you will observe that all departments of |
| Military have come to expect that at some stage | | | | our defense forces have been involved the Navy, |
| their loved one will have to deploy to some | | | | the Army, the Marines and the Air Force. Of |
| faraway place in order to defend our country and | | | | course some people we should never forget are |
| our freedom. Currently we have our troops | | | | the Reserves and the National Guard who train at |
| serving in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Africa and | | | | various times of the year to keep themselves |
| Korea | | | | prepared to assist our regular troops in conflict |
| | | | zones. Both male and female members make up |
| Deployments are quiet simply the movement of | | | | our military personnel and no one as far as I |
| soldiers out of their home country, to a foreign | | | | know is exempt from being deployed unless on |
| nation or territory, sometimes at the request of a | | | | medical grounds. Any member of the military who |
| country whose peace and stability is threatened | | | | for whatever reason refuses to deploy faces |
| by a more powerful neighbour. An example of | | | | severe consequences including a possible prison |
| this in more recent times, was the invasion of | | | | term and a discharge from the military. There |
| Kuwait by Iraq in the latter part of the last | | | | was a case in Tacoma, Washington where an |
| century and the earlier part of the current | | | | Army Lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq |
| century. The historic deployments that we read | | | | with his Stryker Brigade from Fort Lewis because |
| about and are probably more familiar with is the | | | | he said that he believed the the whole idea of |
| 1st World War, 2nd World War, Vietnam, Desert | | | | Iraq having weapons of mass destruction was |
| Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation | | | | completely manipulated to fit an already |
| Enduring Freedom. Each member of the service | | | | implemented policy prior to the attacks of 9/11. |
| can easily create military rings to commemorate | | | | There are a select range of military rings to tell all |
| their involvement in campaigns. | | | | the stories. |
| How long do Deployments last. | | | | Military Rings make perfect Deployment Gifts |
| There are no mandatory or ideal length of any | | | | Every soldier that serves overseas away from |
| deployment but in the norm troops can be | | | | family and friends deserves the biggest thank you |
| deployed for periods of six months, twelve | | | | from all of us. And one way we can show our |
| months, fifteen months and in some instances | | | | gratitude is to get them a gift that they will |
| more. Military leaders and department of defences | | | | treasure for the rest of their lives. A deployment |
| have a lot of factors to consider when making | | | | military ring, a deployment unit crest combined |
| such decisions such as the size of units or | | | | with a family coat of arms with the date of their |
| brigades, weather conditions in the host country, | | | | deployment all of these can be purchased from |
| distance to conflict zones, and of course the level | | | | Society Gifts and you can click the links on the |
| of threat. Perhaps the easiest way to answer the | | | | bottom of the page to go to their online discount |
| question is deployments last until the mission is | | | | shop. |
| completed. | | | | |