Well, I've now had a chance to read all 4 pages of posts and still say:

This will give the military personnel the opportunity to be home with their families, if anything does go down.

God knows, we've all heard about the Dec 21/12 date and it's multitude of meanings.

Too bad all military personnel around the world, from all countries, weren't given the same directives. I'm sure they would enjoy being with their families as well at this time.