The difference between a combat deployment and non combat deployment in the Army

Some people have asked me what is the difference between a combat deployment and a non combat deployment in the Army. Well there is more than just one might have people trying to kill you and one should not so let me explain.
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[@michaeledge3068]

Combat deployments are classified by the mission being carried out more than the area they are carried out in i deployed to Kuwait with an air defense artillery unit and because the unit had a combat mission to protect the air space it was classified as a combat mission. Tax free pay, hazard duty pay, combat patch, the whole nine yards but I still have people ask where I was deployed to and when I tell them Kuwait they tell me it wasn't a combat deployment.

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Imagine being in back in WW2 where youre deployment was until the war was over 😅

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Can you have a small safe for money document & personal item in your barracks room

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Once I lose 150 pounds I’m hoping to join. Does the military help you start your own business when you get out if you wanted to start one?

[@christopherchaos]

Kind of. They have programs to educate you on starting a business and some programs that help vets get small business loans and grants.

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You can trade in your VA housing loan for a business loan instead

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[@michaelcole6029]

"Combat Pay" is actually two separate pays. The first is Imminent Danger pay or "Hazard Pay". The other is Hostile Fire Pay. One doesn't necessarily get both. If a Soldier is deployed to a combat zone, then they will get both. However, peace keeping missions may only have "Eminent Day Pay" associated with the deployment. The other pay incentive is "Family Separation Pay." For any Soldier with dependents (Spouse, Children, Custodial care of Parent, etc.) they will receive $250 per month after 30 days of separation from their dependent(s).

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[@stankatbarrell9878]

Can you talk about what the us military is doing in Africa? I just found out the us has like 3 bases there yet they never advertise it.

[@KeyboardWarrior101st]

Lots of things but mainly antiterrorism type missions.

[@vybezD]

They have alot more than 3.

[@dannyrios4364]

Great information, well explained. Also for the future Soldiers, Poland is not a combat deployment.

[@jasongibson8114]

Poland is awesome fun, I love 🇵🇱!!

[@adamcaza879]

The USCG auxiliary has interpreters who deploy with DOD us navy ships and CG cutters but do not go on combat deployment s

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[@DWANE80]

Wow! You really know how to break it down! You break it down to the PUREST form. Excellent video bro. You definitely know your stuff. A true Army vet!

[@Absaalookemensch]

If you routinely see fireworks displays between holidays, it's probably a combat deployment. If you would consider the location as a place to visit on vacation, it's probably not a combat deployment. If politicians and general officers make morale boosting appearances for a day, it's probably a combat deployment. If you've got fixed living/dining/toileting/showering facilities and BX, it's probably not a combat deployment.

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I like your humorous comment and in fact it’s true .

[@stevenmena2370]

Awesome video!! You think you can do a video on the Space Force? Since it is a new branch of the military and all that jazz!

[@tannerwilson4843]

Steven Mena He was in the Army. So he mainly focuses on the Army!

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Since there having recruiting problems do you think a wavier for a tattoo on the hands would get approved faster? Or even approve

[@dw7094]

Aside from Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm, REFORGER used to be the biggest deployment back in the day.

[@tylerlawlerDEVGRU]

Don't forget they support combat MOS's and so do civilian companies who make our gear.

[@brandon9089]

we don’t consider our deployment as a combat deployment, but we have a mission and we don’t pay taxes. we get hazard pay and conduct air defense in the middle east

[@jamesquintana4231]

Could you do a video on basic training at Fort Sill? My MOS is an 88 Mike and I’ll be attending BCT in May at Fort Sill

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[@christopherchaos]

I did a video a while back that outlined the basic tasks of basic training that is really the same for all locations. I dont know anything specific to Fort Sill basic.

[@rithe07]

I'm going to fort Sill too! May 18th?

[@zoy13]

I just got out there 1 month ago May 15

[@tibivaslo]

No alcohol and no sex in a combat deployment. Remember the old Army adage: 'If it feels good, stop!'

[@AroundSun]

@@lewisroberts9708 and smoked tons of weed!

[@마언-i6u]

Bro, what a great explanation. Straight and to the point 👍

[@nicorusso1526]

Do you have an equal or lesser shot of a combat deployment if you are reserve/National Guard as opposed to active duty? Also, hope you are your girl and daughter are holding up alright with this shitshow

[@juanc4267]

National guard deploy more often, or atleast ive been told by my seargents, officers, instructors, etc

[@kayp4601]

Half of all troops who deployed to OIF/OEF where guard/reserve troops.

[@abbiefrankell6259]

My brother got deployed a couple months ago. Non-combatant deployment for just over a year.

[@3dot545]

Can you do a video on 19D I go to basic next month on the 14th and I’m kinda nervous about it from what I been looking up

[@bryonrobinson3566]

Hate to ask but could a non combat deployment become a combat deployment

[@jeanantoine2384]

If you went on a combat deployment can you claim combat fatigue on your VA claim

[@aidanmichael654]

This may be a dumb question, but when deciding to enlist as an infantryman, is there a limit to how many different “advanced” trainings/schools you are allowed to attend in your army career? i.e. Sniper School, Airborne school, special forces, Ranger school (only because I am poor at wording things)

[@christopherchaos]

You can go to as many as they will end you too. A lot of the times its based on availability though. You can want all the classes but they might not be available to you at the time.

[@KeyboardWarrior101st]

Just worry about learning to be the best grunt you can be and those schools will come.

[@michaelcole6029]

Yes, there is a limit. It is based on the type of unit and what they are authorized. If you enlist as an 11B and go to the 10th Mountain, that unit is not coded as an Airborne unit and you will not go to Airborne School. Only the Headquarters company of an Infantry Battalion is authorized sniper slots, because that is where the Sniper section is. Every unit in the Army is authorized to send candidates to Ranger School. However, that funding comes from the unit's training budget. There is no such school as "Special Forces School." The road to being Special Forces qualified is divided into phases. One must first go to the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) Course, pass the course, and be selected. Yes, one can pass the course, but not be selected to attend further Special Forces training. This is colloquially called a "21-Day non-select." Once you have completed all phases of the SF pipeline, you will be assigned to a Special Forces Group.

[@rparl]

When I was in an ASA company in Fort Carson Colorado, we deployed to Ft. Wachuca (?) TX for training. It was in a dry county, so some of the guys drove to somewhere else after our arrival to get beer. On the drive to TX, we maintained the standard 35 mph. When we took breaks, we all pulled off the road and parked. We peed on the off road (left) tires, screened by the vehicles from those on the highway. Later, when we deployed to SVN, my platoon was sent to Pleiku. Other platoons were sent to other sites in county. And, yes, there we received hazardous fire pay.

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Ross Parlette Wow, that Fort in Texas seems to be pronounced the same but spelled different than the Fort I went for tech school for the Air Force, it was Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona. I learned Morse code copying there.

[@ToddlrHuntr]

Being stationed at fort hood is a combat deployment

[@patmangus2014]

Hey Chris! This might be a dumb question, but is a rotation to the NTC or another base for a training exercise considered as a noncombat deployment or just a training exercise?

[@christopherchaos]

Its tricky. Some people will use the term "we are deploying to NTC" but its really just a training exercise. I usually consider a deployment when a unit goes somewhere for 3 months or more. But there are several other ways the term deployment can get used. Like right now we have units "deployed" to New York in support of medical operations for Covid 19.

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@@christopherchaos Thank you for the reply Chris!! I served back in the mid 1980"s and it was peaceful times back then and training exercises was pretty much all we did then.

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Hey Chris, I am thinking about joining the military. Do you know what rank I could potentially get if I have a Ph.D?

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Lieutenant. The dairy kind.

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[@b87flst]

No beer.We had Hueys bring in Budweiser to our fire bases. That was 1972

[@daunteh7640]

If you're in a Infantry unit, will you ever go on a non combat deployment?

[@christopherchaos]

Yep. They go to conduct training with foregin units that have things they want to learn from them or to teach those units about US tactics.

[@michaelstutts4464]

Absolutely. Armored Brigade Combat Teams routinely rotate through Kuwait, the mechanized infantry regiments are usually stuck there with them.

[@michaelcole6029]

Yes. The Multinational Forces and Observer mission in the Sinai, Arab Republic of Egypt is a non-combat deployment. The U.S. Battalion (USBATT) that supports the mission must be a combat arms unit. The USBATT rotates every 9 months I think. Each rotation changes between Active Duty and National Guard. It is not a Peace Keeping mission, it is an observer mission. This means, for the most part, that U.S. forces are static. They are assigned to remote outposts within the U.S. sector for three weeks at a time and return to South Camp for three weeks. There are opportunities for cultural visits throughout Egypt and Israel. It is the Army's best kept secret.

[@Darrenmoney323]

Thinking about going now any advice?

[@rithe07]

What's the difference between a deployment and a rotation?

[@christopherchaos]

Rotations are usually just short 1 or 2 month things. A deployment is 6 months or more but sometime people use the same wording and say we are doing a rotation to Korea when you could use the term deployment too. It can be tricky.

[@rithe07]

@@christopherchaos Thanks for clarifying!

[@Matt-oj2kl]

Christopher Chaos the only time people actually said they went on deployment was if you went to a combat zone. Iraq or Afghanistan. Otherwise you were kinda shamed into saying you went on a rotation.😂

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Could you do a video on Alaska, Fort Wainwright.

[@HogRidaaa]

I have a question. And I’m sure you’ve answered it 100 times, but I’ll ask anyways. If I enlist as an officer out of college how long would I need to wait before I can try out for special forces and would I be able to choose my mos or would I have to get a special forces option contract? For example could I go in as an armor officer then tryout for special forces? Thanks in advance, you’re the man

[@michaelcole6029]

There is no enlisting as an officer. You will enlist as an enlisted Soldier, PVT/E-1 to SPC/E-4, attend Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) based on availability and your choices. After completion of One Station Unit Training (OSUT) or AIT, you will attend Officer Candidate School (OCS). Upon completion of OCS you will attend a Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) for your Branch, Infantry, Armor, Artillery, etc. Once at your duty station for a period of time, you may apply to attend Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS). If pass, and are selected, you will attend Special Forces Officer Qualification Course. Once you complete the Q-Course, you will be re-branched (Your MOS) will be 18A. The only way to enter the Army as an officer is to successfully complete a commissioning source which are an ROTC or a Military Academy (West Point, The Naval Academy, etc.)

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[@tuna8er2012]

I PCS'ed to 1/508th P.I.R. in Panama in 1995. The 508th was attached to 193rd Infantry Brigade from the 82nd back then. We were told that Panama was a Combat Zone back then, not War (No CIB). We did Riot Control Assisted the DEA clearing buildings for them back then. The DEA had no Jurisdiction there. The U.S. Military there had authority to protect government interests, property, and citizens up to 12 miles from the Canal, we did more but that was the nitty gritty. On my DA199, it states my V3, and V4 connections are yes. That means injury that is combat related in a Combat Zone. None of wore combat patches that I saw on active duty., Most of us were scattered to the 82nd after the 508th deactivated. What I was reading though is that we were entitled to wear a combat patch according to that whole 30 days or what not. That same Regulation/Code says you can after ETS also. If you wear your uniform for whatever reason. I like to wear my old BDU blouses to Veteran functions. Would I be wrong to sew a 508th Combat Patch with an 82nd unit Patch on them?

[@gabrielwerts904]

Can you do a video on the types of combat some combat mos could or would see now

[@jasongibson8114]

My 2004 deployment to Iraq was a nightmare.😢 The V.A thinks it was a romantic adventure.I didn't have any civlian clothes. I should have taken my tux.

[@Travis01]

I take it your chances of getting deployed all together is based on luck?

[@christopherchaos]

Kinda. It all comes down to if your unit gets orders for deploying. I would say if you go to a unit that just got back from a deployment that your chances are much lower of deploying compared to going to a unit that has not deployed in a while.

[@blackbeard5588]

Really depends on your unit and MOS. Units like 10th mount, 101st and 82nd ranger bat you’re more likely to deploy then like 3rd ID The war is winding down so only a handful of units are really doing most of the deployments nowadays. Back in the day every unit went it’s just not like that anymore

[@Travis01]

@@blackbeard5588 well thank you! Frankly I don't particularly care on the deployment location. Like obviously a combat deployment would be nice to have under my belt. But least put me somewhere besides the mainland states haha. I wouldn't complain about Alaska even.

[@sublime12201]

It's crazy because Korea we had north Korean soldiers taking pot shots at us all the time at the dmz...along with propaganda loud speakers.. and who would get attached to the 2ID and say " oh there's no threat" lol as a non-combat engineer I thank the combat vets for being badasses and breaking shit 👍

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Im chatting with this person for 2months now. He said, he's a soldier deployed in Anchorage. We are just chatting in whattsapp but today he said, he will send his money for me here in Saudi Arabia to buy things for his daughter and i will send the package to US. What will I do?

[@RivetGardener]

How can one not understand the difference between the two?

[@savionsmith2204]

Can you ask to get deployed to combat?

[@kayp4601]

Yes

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This was very informative thank you very much sir 🫡

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Can you do a mos on 14p air and missle defense

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Dreadhead2 cute, i’m a 14H

[@cturner9884]

Christopher chaos I have a huge question that's been pondering me what if you're deployed to another country and you seek a relationship with a significant other would it be frowned upon to get married to that person while you're on active duty while deployed?

[@christopherchaos]

It can be done. That person still has to go through a process to be able to go to the US with you though. Its not automatic.

[@Wasabi112095]

Hi Chris! Or well anyone that can help answer my question. I’m going to MEPS on Tuesday (4/28) and I chose 14 Echo after taking my PiCat seeing the qualifications for my MOS. But I’m still deciding to choose 11x or whether to finalize my choice as of 14 Echo at meps. I didn’t find too much from people’s experiences for 14echo. If anyone has any insight much appreciated!

[@solomonhess7413]

Ait is like 20 weeks long

[@martinduarte1200]

What duty station would be the best within the US for an 88m ?

[@CarloswithFaith]

The debate.. from my experience, any soldier who signed up voluntarily to lay their lives to serve the nation is a veteran, period. Doesn’t matter if you seen war or not, we knew if the time would come we would jump in and help our boys.

[@herkload]

That’s true, anyone who serves is a veteran but only veterans who’ve deployed to a combat zone are considered combat veterans.

[@johnpaulflores395]

What about 91bravo

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Superbowl.....not this year...

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Mindset is the same.

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Would like to say thank you for your Service to our country.

[@miggs486]

Recruiter said Meps isn't processing , anybody know ?

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No I'm waiting for Meps to open up myself.

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Same waiting for meps to open back up(in Virginia)the only good thing is if u over weight u can use this time to slim down

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[@michaelcole6029]

That's called "sandbagging." Recruiters have a monthly quota. If they made their quota for the month you are trying to enlist, they will tell you some lie as to why they can't enlist you right now and tell you to come back at a certain time, stacking you like a sandbag for next month.

[@idontgotagun9867]

I heard 11B’s are getting less combat deployments now and only sending out Special Forces, is this true now?

[@eduardovillamar1173]

Yes special forces are getting sent to train army’s such as Afghanistan’s and somalias army so they can fight and not us

[@mpj-nc6wq]

Yes, we aren’t in much of a war anymore

[@24klogan86]

Eduardo Villamar does the same apply for 12B’s Combat Engineer?

[@isaacc8464]

What unit where you in ?

[@christopherchaos]

When i deployed? 1st deployment was with RSS 3rd ACR and then 2nd deployment was 4-10 CAV in 4th ID.

[@isaacc8464]

Christopher Chaos nice , hopefully going on my first deployment in January 2-23 1sbct

[@24klogan86]

Isaac C what’s your duty station?

[@edwardnakagawa4262]

*NON COMBAT ? THE WUSSES GUARDING THE FRONT GATES AND THE PX/MESS HALL !

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I never served, but I find this channel fascinating. Love your content. Almost joined the army out of high school but wasn't for me. No regrets, but I respect anyone that served. I find myself curious about what I could have gone through.