Today, Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel will be offering an amendment that requires our troops have a 1:1 deployment-to-dwell ratio for active units and members. This amendment is vital to the continued morale and effectiveness of our Armed Forces, which are breaking under the strain of unprecedented long deployments in combat zones.

Please email your Senators before today’s vote. Encourage them to support my Dwell Time Amendment to support our troops.

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

Today, Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel will reintroduce an amendment that seeks to provide our men and women in uniform with the responsible rotational cycles they deserve.

This Dwell Time Amendment provides a safety net under our troops. However long a servicemember has been deployed, they deserve at least that much time at home. It is a very simple, common sense amendment.

After 4 1/2 years of occupation in Iraq, it is time for the availability of troops to dictate the operational tempo, not the other way around. I hope you will support the Webb-Hagel amendment. For the sake of our servicemembers and their families, this is the right thing to do.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
September 18, 2007