how long are traditional military deployments? and how long can u stay home?

During the height of the wars, the AF, Navy and Marines typically deployed for 6 months and then are at their home station for 6 months. The Army typically deployed for 12-15 months with one year at their home station.

The deployment cycle has also greatly slowed. Army typically deploys for 9 months now. And in all services, the length at home has increased to 12-18 months, even as long as 3-4 years for some units.

Canadian ones are usually 6 months. You are normally home at least a year in between them, depending on your trade. For mine, we went up to the Arctic every 4 years or so, on average.

no such animal any more. used to be 6 months was typical.. now they can range from 30 days to about 8-9 months

as for how long between them.. yeah, I have seen anything from 3 weeks to several years.