However, there is limited potential to extend deployment times of BRUV systems via a reduction in video resolution without significant compromises to the accuracy and precision of the key indicators for diversity and abundance of fishes.
Certainly, many young G.I.'s enter the military lacking understanding of other cultures, and morale is difficult to sustain over long, especially extended, deployments.
The Pentagon believes the US can only bolster its forces in Iraq by extending deployments, a course that would eventually wear down the army.
"These problems are going to continue as long as we have units, such as the Second Brigade Combat Team, that have seen high-intensity combat, extended deployments and inadequate time between deployments".
All the chiefs have expressed concerns about the strains that repeated and extended deployments have placed on the military, though they have not publicly made clear whether they would recommend a significant reduction as a result.
We're seeing many more suicides among recent veterans than among earlier generations, probably because of repeated, extended deployments in combat, coupled with an increase in improvised explosive devices and concussions.
Mr. Mason said the presence of women on submarines would put an end to the kind of camaraderie "that involves close physical contact, like man hugs and bottom pats" that sailors use to cope with the pressure of extended deployments.
As we face extended deployments and the ever-present threat of another Katrina or 9/11, today it is the executive power of the governors that most ably can, and should, challenge the war's real costs — which result from the federal executive's reliance on state preparedness and resources to fight a war overseas.
Initially children whose parents served in the military experienced one deployment; now the majority of children experience multiple, extended deployments.
These extended deployments were unpopular with the regular seamen and in April the Spithead Mutiny broke out, paralysing the Channel Fleet.
