Once the battalion comes back there needs to be a time to recuperate, an opportunity for people to sit down and talk about their experiences as a group, PT, medical appointments, talking to a psychologist if that's necessary, an opportunity to reconnect with their families rather than stepping right into ramp-up training for the next or continued battalion training.
An opportunity to rest and recuperate is a big thing. More importantly, I think...and this is just a contractual issue, I mentioned the NDA and the fact that it was written in the 1800s. The simple fact that we send our reservists home does not allow them the family environment. What I mean by family is that if Brian is my platoon warrant officer, being able to talk to him for nine months on tour is one thing, but then suddenly going away from that and not being able to talk to him again, that's difficult because he knows what I've been through. It's important that I be in that environment and have the opportunity to rest and recuperate before I launch back into civilian society.