Yeah, thats the military for you! Non-Volunteer too, thats crazy. Appearantly I am going to be an advisor for my career field which sounds pretty cool. There are a few pros and defintely a few cons. I get my choice of base after this deployment, which will be back to Europe for sure. The money will be good, all tax free. The cons are some very bad cons, not being able to see Vera until I am mid way through my tour, not seeing my kids and it will surely nix me going to the NADA show. those are some pretty tough cons to deal with.