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Originally Posted by spunkmaster
Where did you get this fact ?
It's totally fucking wrong !
A total of 1,112,684 personnel are on active duty within the United States
plus
Total US Military: 2,685,713
Total US Active Duty Troops: 1,450,689
Total US Reserve Troops (2004): 1,259,000
A total of 1,112,684 personnel are on active duty within the United States
plus over 1.2 million Reserve and national Guard
Major troop Deployments:
Iraq 130,000
Germany 69,395
Japan (United States Forces Japan) 47,000
South Korea (United States Forces Korea) 32,744
Italy 12,258
United Kingdom 11,093
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Not all of those are
combat front line units chief. Take into account how many are on a single aircraft carrier. Do you think they are going to the front line? How about airplane mechanics? You think they will be marching through Tekret?
Sure. In total numbers, there are more available. However you are not considering how many are support, and administratives.