90 day deployment is "boots in the sand, a total of 120days of mobilzation with 15days on both ends for getting everything together and redeployment back home. This is signed by the SEC DEF, can only be overridden by the President, which is unlikely to happen.
This rule applies to Surgeons, GMOs, CRNAs, could be more but I may be missing someone. The deployment can be longer, that is for people who wait to the last minute to get their personal lifes in order, this is a result of the officer not DA, does happen but rare. The notice for deployment is now getting to be about 120 days out.
Ideally you should volunteer to deploy so you know when its going to happen, plan on it and getting yourself in order for the deployment to happen. 90 days in country goes by very, very fast, shouldn't wine at all considering the soldiers that you will be treating and serving will be in country for 1yr.
The stablization time between deployments is 1yr. and then you will be up again in que, the max total mobilization period/deployment time for an Army Reserve CRNA is 24months. This is the accumulation of 4 month deployments. The Iraq has been going on since 2003 and most real experts has 1-2yrs max. So if you are like me just starting school, everything will more than likely will be trending down, that is the projection.
Hope this answers your question.
Here is a link for further information:
http://www.usarec.army.mil/naad/
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