What is the deployment stabilization policy?
A Chief of Staff, Army, initiative which provides our Soldiers participating in operational deployments (e.g., OIF/OEF) relief from repetitive deployment. The policy also includes those Soldiers returning from completing dependent-restricted tours overseas. The policy offers one month of stabilization for each month deployed. Soldiers returning from a completed dependent-restricted tour (e.g., fixed tour in Korea) are provided six months stabilization from deployment. The policy is not statutory; however, waiver authority for critical operational requirements is restricted to the first General Officer in the Soldiers chain of command.
