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Old May 28, 2019 | 7:24 am
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petaluma1
 
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Originally Posted by trooper
Im curious as to why folks are typing "deployment". That would imply the writer is suggesting this is somehow not deployment? (I'd hazard a guess that some feel only the military "deploys"...but the word means more than just that... I deployed a parachute many, many times...for instance...)

P.S. Took a drive through southern AZ one Summer.... You couldn't pay ME enough to go work there....(And Im an Aussie...not exactly unfamiliar with heat!)
I found it amusing that the TSA, which considers itself to be a military-like organization, used the word "deploy" to describe sending employees to the border. It becomes even more amusing when one learns that TSA is asking for volunteers to go to the border. TSA is sending individuals to the border, not organized units, which could perhaps be considered a "deployment."
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