Is the U.S. Military Too Small?

[Kagemusha]

If you want to have more troops available.I think the obvious place where to release those would be Europe.There is no more Soviet Union and Russia doesnt pose a serious threat of Invasion to Europe.So how about redeploying the V Corps and Southern European Task Force?

[Redleg]

If you want to have more troops available.I think the obvious place where to release those would be Europe.There is no more Soviet Union and Russia doesnt pose a serious threat of Invasion to Europe.So how about redeploying the V Corps and Southern European Task Force?

Last round of the BRAC commission was supposed to review just that.


http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2...0503_5009.html

http://www.brac.gov/docs/final/ExecutiveSummary.pdf

But it seems the politics and costs of removing the United States Military from Europe once again entered into the equation about what best to do with the United States Military. This is probably the best written piece available on the web for the general public.

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5415&sequence=1


However here is where some of our forces are leaving


http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/...17-794340.html

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5415&sequence=3

For anyone interested that is where I would suggest one start to research the answer to such a question as posed by Kagemusha is by the way is a very valid proposal that has been addressed.


I found this site while researching the possible withdraw of US Forces from Europe but have not read it completely yet, but found the initial browse through interesting.

http://www.assembly-weu.org/en/docum...2003/1819.html