I'm not sure if you've heard about MilitaryFacebook.com. I heard them talk about it on the radio and joined. I've been able to access the site from home and abroad.
I'm pretty sure that if you've been accepted into the Military at age 17, you are old enough to be deployed. Once that signature is on the paperwork, you have become military personnel and will have to do what they tell you to do.
Are you asking about the "Rules of Engagement"? These state when military personnel can and cannot use force, and the amount of force they can use, when deployed.
They get deployed, as well. For a good part of the war in Iraq, National Guard and reserve troops actually were the majority of military personnel in-country.
Pentagon data showing over 1.6 million military personnel have deployed to the conflicts since the war in Afghanistan began in late 2001. - MSN Article "Mental health injuries scar 300,000 U.S. troops"
A hospital located on a military base which take care of military personnel, their dependents, and retired personnel.
Depends. FSGLI is Family Servicemember's Group Life Insurance. If you are married and have not declined it, you wil be charged for it. If you are not married or have declined the covereage, then you should see your personnel office.
They often are, in disaster relief situations. Military personnel have deployed to render assistance in the aftermath of hurricanes, forest fires, and several other types of disasters. As for law enforcement, that is prevented by the Posse Commitatus Act.
retained personnel
In WWII, the Home Front was the name given to the various rationings and sacrifices made by those living in America to support the war effort. The war at home is a more modern term used in reference to the sacrifices and challenges of both the families of deployed military personnel as well as of the military personnel as they return home from their deployment.
Approximately 146 US Servicepeople died during Operation Desert Storm (Jan-Feb 1991).
Retained Personnel
The US government fulfilled the need for military personnel by introducing additional Commissioned Corps personnel.