<P> Both the Borgstrom and Butehorn incidents occurred before the Sole Survivor Policy was put into effect in 1948 . They, along with the deaths of all of the Sullivan brothers in 1942, helped lead to it . </P> <P> Jason and Nathan Hubbard joined the army after their brother Jared had died in Iraq in 2004 . In 2007, Nathan died in a helicopter crash . Military officials ordered Jason home shortly after . </P> <P> A recent case occurred in 2011 . Jeremy, Ben and Beau Wise served in active combat roles in the Afghan War . Jeremy, a former Navy SEAL, was at a CIA base as a military contractor and was killed in 2009 when a suicide bomber attacked the base . Later in 2011, Ben, an Army Special Forces combat medic, was seriously wounded in Afghanistan and died of his injuries at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center . Beau was deployed in Afghanistan with the Marines at that time and was immediately relieved of combat duties and returned to the United States . </P> <P> This policy protects "only sons", "the last son to carry the family name", and "sole surviving sons" only during peacetime . In times of war or national emergency as declared by the US Congress, this provision does not apply to any of the above . Also, this provision is voluntary, meaning that the member wishing to be sent home has to request for the policy to be applied and get his application approved . Furthermore, it does not apply strictly to the sole surviving son but also to all surviving sons . </P>

Can brothers be deployed at the same time