"William Hughes" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:57:10 GMT, in rec.aviation.military "Brian Colwell"
wrote:

On CNN the other night, they were visiting a high school that is
adjacent to
a military base, I was somewhat surprised there were kids of single
parents,
that were serving in Iraq, do the single parents in the Guards, that
have
school age children, have the option of being excused oversea duties ?

No. They are required to make the appropriate arrangements for their
children
while they are deployed.

Correct. On the ARNG and AC Army side, it is a reportable item on the Unit
Status Report; a soldier who does not have a completed "Family Care Plan" is
considered nondeployable until he/she completes it, and the command stays on
them to get it right so that it does not affect their deployable MOSQ rate.

Brooks


Bill
Mississippi ANG 1981-1987
Texas ANG 1987-1991