No leave until morale improves!

We just got word today that there will be no leave for us. The group of Navy guys that I came to Iraq with are on 280 days orders (that is 280 days in Iraq, not including all of the training we went through in the beginning. My group will be away from home for 11 months total) Since we are “boots on the ground” for less than 365 days, we are ineligible for the 2 weeks of R&R. The big rub is that the guys that came here before us were on 365 day orders, got their 2 weeks of leave and were let go after 280 days. Several weeks ago, a high ranking admiral came to visit. He honestly wanted to know why people were not volunteering for this assignment!