"The Raven" wrote in message
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"tscottme" wrote in message
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http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news/...2803&id=l16340

Saw this story listed on the Drudge Report web site. Does this sound
genuine?

The article is vague. I don't know what various international military
forces policies and procedures are but if he was being "sent home" from
his
tour then I'd expect that would be paid for by the military.

My suspicion is, based on the vaguary of the article, the soldier has
requested to go on leave to return home. It's been approved so, if he
want's
to go home he's probably going to pay for part if not all the trip
costs.

What sort of support programmes for deployed personnel has the USAF in
place? For comparison, Canadians on long unaccompanied deployments (six
months or longer) are entitled to up to two weeks' leave with them
meeting their spouse in a leave centre or having their return trip home
to their Next of Kin paid. When I was in Beirut I was able to bring my
wife to Israel (this was '92 and things were relatively calm) and to
Lebanon itself in '93 after things quieted down there, since I was
deployed for slightly more than a year.
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