My dad just went into the army...not sure if it's totally the same...but he does 9 weeks of basic training. He has an assignment, where after he's done he will go to a certain base (right now, Ft. Hood in TX-it's already changed once) and that's where he'll be for 4 years I think. But we do know through the news he is being sent to iraq by the beginning of the summer, for at least a year, and then he'll have to report back to his base.