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13 Nov 2018 –\u00a0Military.com<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0By\u00a0Matthew Cox<\/a><\/p>\n The U.S.\u00a0Army<\/a>\u00a0today publicly released its new policy for dealing with soldiers who are non-deployable<\/a>\u00a0for administrative reasons, just over a month after the Pentagon’s new deploy-or-out policy took effect Oct. 1.<\/p>\n “Soldiers who are non-deployable for an administrative reason … for more than six consecutive months, or six non-consecutive months in a 12-month period, will be processed for administrative separation,” according to the new policy dated Nov. 8.<\/p>\n The Army has finally defined in writing what it takes to be deployable: From the article:<\/p>\n \u201cTo be considered deployable, a soldier in the active,\u00a0National Guard<\/a>\u00a0and Reserve must be:<\/p>\n – Administratively, legally and medically cleared for employment in any environment in which the Army is operating or could operate.<\/p>\n – Able to operate in austere areas or areas that regularly experience significant environmental conditions such as heat, cold or altitude that could exacerbate medical conditions.<\/p>\n – Able to carry and employ an assigned weapon.<\/p>\n – Capable of executing individual warrior tasks for his or her assigned mission.<\/p>\n – Able to operate while wearing body armor, helmet, eye protection, gloves and chemical or biological protective equipment.<\/p>\n – Capable of passing the Army physical fitness test or meeting the physical demands or tasks required for a specific\u00a0deployment<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Looks like you\u2019d better put down that bottle of 33 Beer. You\u2019re gonna have to hump that ruck in the boonies, whether you like it or not. Oh, wait \u2013 that\u2019s a different century. My bad. Sorry!<\/p>\n The full story is here: \u00a0https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/11\/13\/army-releases-deploy-or-out-rules-administratively-sidelined-troops.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"