The Scoop Deck

A horse sailor

Navy leadership says IA assignments will be a fact of life in the Navy for some time, even with the expected withdrawal of forces from Iraq.//Photo by Sheila Vemmer, Navy Times

Navy leadership says IA tours will be a fact of life for some time, even with the expected withdrawal of forces from Iraq.//Photo by Sheila Vemmer/ Staff

Here’s one that might throw you off. From a distance you’d think “soldier,” but in fact Scoop Deck found this sailor in Kuwait turning in gear after an individual augmentee assignment with the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division.

According to the latest information from 5th Fleet, there are 4,950 IAs throughout the Central Command area.

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