Oscilloscope,
Your last sentence makes your point, I think, but your quite legitimate wish to have your officers place their soldiers first (one or two don't, most do) is in danger of being lost in the noise. If I may ...
Yes, your Bn is going on ops but the operational pace at the moment rather screws up some of the neat assumptions structures are based on. There will be slots across theatre (or even several theatres) that have to be filled and this often demands the management rather than the folks from the shop floor. Your CO and 2IC will have an ORBAT to fill and that may well take your Pl or Coy Comd.
2 Bn-BBYDF makes a great point. Personally, I would be very suspicious of any officer who, given the chance, would not fight to deploy. Those who fight to stay at home need to consider their vocation.
Your CO is hardly going to leave Rear Party soldiers to fend for themselves and is bound to leave a command structure behind - it's a busy tour indeed if the RCMO is deploying. In any case, if your Coy and Pl Comd are going they ought to be in regular touch with home on all aspects of G1 - that includes your career. Your soldiers are your soldiers (like them or not) and there is no opt out, despite your suggestion.
As I said, I think there's a genuine concern in there but littering your argument with tabloid cliche ('ruperts', 'deploying behind desks', 'pen pushers', 'real leaders') is not going to get your concern heard. It is more likely to alienate the same people whose job it is to look after you.
Just a thought ...