On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:00:04 -0400, Kevin Gowen  ...
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>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/12/opinion/main628855.shtml
>"What American would not trade the economy we had in the 1990s, the fact 
>that we were not at war and young Americans were not deployed?"
>- John Kerry, 8 July 2004
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>http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6b66998e-f08b-11d8-a553-00000e2511c8.html
>"John Kerry will on Wednesday set out his opposition to the Bush 
>administration's plans to bring home 70,000 US troops from permanent 
>overseas bases, leaving their future dependent on the outcome of the 
>presidential election."
>- 17 August 2003
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>- Kevin

No it is a specific definition. I guess you don't know much about the military.

deployment
(DOD) 1. In naval usage, ... 2. The movement of forces within *operational*
areas. 3. The positioning of forces into a formation for *battle*. 4. The
relocation of forces and materiel to desired *operational* areas. Deployment
encompasses all activities from origin or home station through destination,
specifically including intra-continental United States, intertheater, and
intratheater movement legs, staging, and holding areas. See also deployment
order; deployment planning; deployment preparation order.



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