Deployment Syndrome

When having a day or a moment when the loneliness of the deployment is overwhelming that you don't want to get out of bed. Or sitting a stop light and you start crying and can't stop because you see the couple in front of you give each other a sweet kiss and wish you could have your loved one beside you. Its an easy way of letting others that you are just DS'ing (deployment syndrome) without having to go into a long story.

Jamie: Is everything ok you are extremely quite tonight?
Lisa: I have been DS'ing (deployment syndrome) today, i'm ok.
Jamie: Aww got ya!

Deployment Driven Down Syndrome

A neurological disorder generally presenting itself in males aged 18-40 as a result of deploying to environments that are so hot the brain cooks inside of a helmet that is bombarded by high frequency radio waves and X-ray radiation while simultaneously trying to figure out exactly what the mission is. The people who are handicapped by this syndrome return noticably impaired in both mental and physical capabilities.

My uncle has Deployment Driven Down Syndrome (DDDS). He spent 9 months looking at the same patch of desert for 8 hours a day during OSS while running a backscatter.