"Somehow I'm starting to think this is going to be a very long deployment."

Susan knows children are especially vulnerable to the anxiety of having a parent on long deployments.

Bring plenty of tampons - there are no drugstores on a long deployment.

Its infamous 16-month deployment was one of the longest deployments for a unit serving in that campaign.

Hardships on Reserve families have increased with longer and more frequent deployments.

The long deployment to Michigan was a novelty, and the press followed the group's progress closely.

It was a long deployment, and she did not return to the UK until 1968.

The study is expected to probe deeply into the role of combat, long deployments, family stress and other factors.

They are not used to a long deployment.

The Army, notably, also has the longest deployments of any military service at 15 months.