How many tours of duty did the average soldier do during Vietnam?
I ask because so many soldiers have done multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and it seems like we are headed for a draft if we fight the war in Afghanistan like we did in Iraq.
The same.
During Vietnam, those on their initial enlistment, whether draftees or enlistees, did one tour in vietnam.
Today, Those who enlist in the Army, average doing one deployment during their enlistment, 20% do two deployments.
The Marines average two 7 month deployments.
In Vietnam, just as today, career soldier and marines ( those who reenlisted ) did multiple tours .
Because the Army was alot larger during vietnam, the dwell time between deployments was longer than it is today.
A draft isn't gonna help, since people on their first enlistment generally only deploy once now. You would just have more people who would deploy once or more who didn't deploy at all.
But your NCO's and Officers, would still have multiple deployments.
A draft does nothing, to increase the number of NCO's or Officers.
Thats a slow process.
NOTE: the majority of those who served in Vietnam, were NOT draftees.
Only 30% of those who served in Vietnam were Draftees.
Mai Chau, Vietnam Travel Guide
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