Why? Not married? Do you get a bunch more $$$$ to be over there. And how long is a deployment? I spent 3-4yrs working in middle east, Kuwait and Yemen mostly, I work oilfield. My schedule was 5 weeks on / 5 weeks off. I did one long hitch of 9 weeks and wanted to shoot myself, I dont get how you guys can last as long as you do, I'd be in the looney bin...lol.