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U.S. Army to Vacate 13 Bases in Germany
AP via Yahoo News! ^ | July 29, 2005

Posted on 07/29/2005 11:37:05 AM PDT by lizol

U.S. Army to Vacate 13 Bases in Germany

BERLIN - The U.S. Army will pull out of 13 bases in southern Germany as part of a repositioning of American forces around the world, its European headquarters said Friday.

The 11 bases in and around the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg will be handed over to the German government by September 2007, a statement from the Army's European headquarters in Heidelberg said. Two more bases near Wuerzburg will be closed and handed over in subsequent years.

The closures are part of plans to return the headquarters of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division to the United States next year and relocate other units.

The U.S. Department of Defense said the changes will affect about 6,100 soldiers; 11,000 family members; 1,000 Army civilian employees; and 1,000 civilians employed locally.

The United States is withdrawing forces that were based in Western Europe to confront the Soviet Union during the Cold War, bringing many units home and opening smaller, more flexible bases to respond to new threats, including international terrorism.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axisofweasels; germany; lefties; shroder; usbases; usmilitary
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1 posted on 07/29/2005 11:37:09 AM PDT by lizol
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A start.


2 posted on 07/29/2005 11:38:20 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: lizol

Good!.........It's WAAAAAYY overdue..........


3 posted on 07/29/2005 11:38:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? GOOOOGLE your own name. Want to have fun? GOOOOGLE your neighbor's......)
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Being born in Stuttgart when my dad was stationed over there, this is quite a change to me....


4 posted on 07/29/2005 11:39:11 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Proud member of Planet ManRam)
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To: lizol

Bwhahahahahahah!!


5 posted on 07/29/2005 11:39:19 AM PDT by RockinRight (Democrats - Trying to make an a$$ out of America since 1933)
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To: lizol

Good deal. We have been carrying the German's water since 1945, defense wise.

About time they grow up and take care of themselves without Uncle Sam's help.


6 posted on 07/29/2005 11:39:35 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Red Badger

They're headed for El Paso.


7 posted on 07/29/2005 11:39:50 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a Fascist)
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To: lizol

Good.


8 posted on 07/29/2005 11:40:52 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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Yea!!! This is good. We don't need to have as big a presence there, and the German people don't deserve us in such large numbers right now. Keeping our people state-side as much as possible will help retention and communities in the US, rather than Germany.


9 posted on 07/29/2005 11:41:40 AM PDT by DuckFan4ever (Go away Hillary and Sen Granny Reid. I can't stand either of you.)
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To: lizol

That probably includes Schweinfurt, too.

Ah, well. At least I still have my Green Goose card.


10 posted on 07/29/2005 11:42:39 AM PDT by Gefreiter ("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
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To: GaltMeister
Good deal. We have been carrying the German's water since 1945, defense wise.

When Germany carries its own water, it has a nasty tendency to carry it to France and Poland.

11 posted on 07/29/2005 11:43:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Bork should have had Kennedy's USSC seat and Kelo v. New London would have gone the other way.)
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To: Always Right

Close them all. There are lots of countries in Eastern Europe that would love to have U.S. bases.


12 posted on 07/29/2005 11:44:00 AM PDT by kennedy ("Why would I listen to losers?")
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The Bavarian Freedom Party would view this as a step in the right direction.

On a similar note, the BRAC committee is in Galena Alaska today to assess the impact of base closure on that small community. 45 jobs.

13 posted on 07/29/2005 11:44:47 AM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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To: lizol

bringing many units home and opening smaller, more flexible bases to respond to new threats, including international terrorism.


or border control operations? Please please please!

Man that would be a bombshell, but it will not happen.


14 posted on 07/29/2005 11:44:48 AM PDT by TheForceOfOne (The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
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"Yea!!! This is good. We don't need to have as big a presence there, and the German people don't deserve us in such large numbers right now. Keeping our people state-side as much as possible will help retention and communities in the US, rather than Germany."

Not only that but their salaries will be spent in the US. To the liberal Germans...SUFFAH!!!!


15 posted on 07/29/2005 11:45:35 AM PDT by Wristpin ( Varitek says to A-Rod: "We don't throw at .260 hitters.....")
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To: DuckFan4ever
Keeping our people state-side as much as possible will help retention and communities in the US, rather than Germany.

Meanwhile, we're closing bases state-side.

16 posted on 07/29/2005 11:45:35 AM PDT by airborne
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To: lizol

Looks like GW has a withdrawal plan for Germany.


17 posted on 07/29/2005 11:45:50 AM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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It's a quagmire! We've been there 60 freeking years!!!


18 posted on 07/29/2005 11:46:44 AM PDT by null and void (Be vewwy vewwy qwiet, we're hunting wahabbits...)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
The German base closing plan has been in the works for years.

The huge medical facility Ramstein will still be operating.

I would not want to leave Germany to their own devices but I do believe we will be moving some bases to Poland.

19 posted on 07/29/2005 11:48:10 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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When Germany carries its own water, it has a nasty tendency to carry it to France and Poland.

Well, we'll protect Poland.

20 posted on 07/29/2005 11:48:21 AM PDT by inkling
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