US Military Deployments In 130 Countries - What's Wrong With This Picture?
 

Isn't it time we adjust the troop deployments in countries that were figured based on threats dating 50 years ago?

These current numbers are a tremendous waste of resources when our guys are getting overwhelmed in Iraq.

The US currently has its military forces deployed in 130 countries around the world.

75,000 US Troops Are In Germany. Why?

41,000 US Troops Are In Japan. Why?

41,000 US Troops Are In South Korea. (OK we need some here, but come on 41,000???)

17,000 On Ships Near South Korea. (OK we need some here also, but 17,000???)

13,000 US Troops Are In Italy. Why?

12,000 US Troops Are In The UK. Why?

You might think we're still worried about the Soviet Union and China doing nation building.

Another interesting stat. Only 300,000 of the US Military's 1.4 million active duty personnel are trained for war zone combat operations.

The current cost of our military is $1.1 Billion per Day.

Time to change the allocations and leadership of the US Military. Its plagued with mismanagement and waste.

Your thoughts?

so that you can drive your SUV around without paying for gas with your life in the next 50 years

thanks mr rumsfeld. don't worry alot of those troops will be shifting to rotations in iraq when we setup our new bases there.

over stretched.... and its going to come back and get us it where it hurts.

can we fight 3 wars simultaneously? I think not

where's the picture? :(

they have already began addressing this issue. i remember Rumsfeld speaking about this very thing about a year ago.

Source:

Center For Strategic & Budgetary Assements based on data from the Defense Department, Congressional Budget Office, and the White House Office of Management & Budget.

It's for the peace...

I know for sure they are still worried be time about China, but I a gree we are spread way too thin.

Seems more like its for war to be candidly honest.

China is one of our biggest trading partners. The last thing China is going to do is fuck with its biggest customer and the last thing we're going to do is fuck with one of our biggest supplier of slave labor manufactured goods.

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Yeah all these people have no clue, it's little known or talked about but King George has eased things with China even more than Clinton did and that's saying a lot.

canada leaks socialism!

Gotta keep the pimp hand strong!

Well it's not Sudan, Russia nor Germany, Spain or Latvia who's starting the wars.

Must be the will to waste billions of money on keep pissing people off and from that, paranoia.

You forgot a couple thousand in FORT BONDSTEEL,Kosovo...

The land has been paid for 99 years btw. :winkwink:


You want to know why?

Simple,cause it's cheaper.

Been to Kosovo myself for 6 months and have grown up in Heidelberg,Germany... I've seen how many there are :)

There is no point other than $$ for having so many troops stationed outside the US.


Take care,

JOKER

A few facts about Fort Bondsteel:



If anyone want to read the whole article:

http://www.suc.org/projects/Kosovo/h...o2000Part3.pdf


Take care,

JOKER

If we've still got troops in Germany in Japan since WWII, think about how long we'll be in Iraq!

Since I find this totally amazing,since I've seen it myself,here a pic that might give you an idea:

http://www.mil.state.or.us/images/Mi.../bondsteel.jpg


Pretty impressing,huh?


Steve

That is amazing. I've never seen that release in the US media before. Classic example of what I posted about.

Maybe they're worried the ghost of Adolph Hilter will return.

75,000 troops in Germany is so ridiculous its beyond ridiculous.

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Theres a reason for them being all over the world.

1. Nuclear weapon - Don't want all of our troops getting wasted by just one.

2. Presence/Swift Deployment - To be able to go anywhere and everywhere at a moments notice. Lets say theres trouble in a far off region... can we really wait over a week to transfer all the troops and vehicles all the way from the US to that region? :2 cents: :2 cents:

Interesting point...

its a staging base, transport base & medical base.

its where troops group for war and rotate out.

its a good location, they should stay there and make sure the eu doesnt get any funny ideas:321GFY

This whole war thing sucks!

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The military doesn't worry about making sense, or spending 1.1 billion dollars a day. :)

I agree 75,000 troops in Germany seems.. foolish at this point. I guess its a regional thing?

12,000 US Troops Are In The UK.

You can chalk a number for the 550+ acre Menwith Hill listening post.

http://www.politrix.org/echelon/menwith-31b.jpg

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Strategic areas.

We have to be able to react quickly to anything that goes wrong on earth because it is apparently our job to fix everything. Besides, who is going to mess with us when we have a base in their backyard?

75k in Germany?

lol

Menwith is one of the NSA "Echelon" hubs.

If people only knew what they're scooping up over there they'd be in complete disbelief.

http://www.rogers.cwc.net/images/menwith-hill.JPG


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staging base for what? WWIII

The Cold War is fucking over.

Come on that excuse is getting real real old.

Why do you think US is such a powerful country?

Easy answer...it is called forward positioning.

Yes...forward positioning is a major contributor.

I thought all levels of government were plagued with mismanagement and waste?

It's all about buying $400 staplers from your buddies, getting your cayman island kickbacks, and putting the burden of paying back those fraudulent transactions on the the next few generations of poor people.

I really don't know much about world economics... but i was talking to a friend of mine the other day and she was talking about how people in China are getting rich (by their standards? by our standards?) from all the dealins they do with us and the rest of the world.

She also said that they have been buying up all the worlds steel for years.... saying its to build cars or something.

China is a scary bitch.

Indeed, one of the reasons why in the recent NSA employment drive they're putting a great deal of emphasis on "Arab & Chinese linguists".