Rats
Currently, my unit is already deployed in place and due to a shortfall I’ve been tasked to come in during the last two weeks as a Redeployment Assistance Team (RAT) member. Several other unit members also possess the skill set, but could not deploy for various reasons. Actually, I don’t work in this career field anymore, but it turns out that I am still a valuable resource with the background experience from the last inspection and deployment. Thus, my mission is to redeploy our personnel and cargo assets back from its overseas location and return it to home station.
Loggies
As a logistician – known as a “loggie” in our world – I’ll plan the cargo load, schedule the airlift, coordinate the customs inspection, submit the required paperwork and execute the redeployment operations to ensure that everybody and everything successfully returns. Though the job sounds fairly simple, I’ve witnessed a unit that did not send a loggie and the redeployment operation turned into one disaster after another. The loggie deals with all of the changes and headaches to ensure a smooth return. On my last tour in Afghanistan