http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/troopmovement/ en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:57:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278811/posts WASHINGTON, June 24, 2009 – Predicting an uptick in violence in Iraq as U.S. combat troops leave the cities by June 30, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today that deployed troops have geared up for the heightened threat as they comply with the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement. “I think we have reason to believe -- and I think our forces have been alerted to the possibility -- that we will likely see an uptick in violence leading up to the June 30 deadline for U.S. combat forces to leave Iraqi cities and towns,” Morrell told Pentagon reporters. He... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278811/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983062/posts Specialist Robert Terrio and his wife, Kary, thought they had avoided a dangerous deployment a few months ago when he learned that his Missouri National Guard unit would do a tour in Kosovo instead of Iraq or Afghanistan. "There's a certain amount of relief that we weren't being deployed to an active war zone,'' Robert Terrio said. Then, last month, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia, a move Serbia refused to recognize. Suddenly, Kosovo started to look a little more dicey. Demonstrators torched the U.S. Embassy in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, mobs attacked several United Nations border posts, and gun... St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983062/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853147/posts The BBC was accused last night of risking the safety of British forces in Iraq after trawling for information on troop movements in the war-torn country. Politicians reacted in disbelief to the revelation that for over two hours yesterday, the BBC News website carried a request for people in Iraq to report on troop movements. The request was removed from the website after it sparked furious protests that the corporation was endangering the lives of British servicemen and women. But according to accounts last night, a story on a major operation by US and Iraqi troops against al-Qa'eda somewhere north... Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853147/posts#comment Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287289/posts Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy to Iraq to provide security for the January elections, a source close to the Pentagon said Tuesday. The order is expected to involve ''at least a four-battalion-size force with all its 'slice' elements," including artillery and support. The unit will deploy before the holidays, the source said. Department of Defense officials consider it risky to wait to deploy additional forces after the holidays, and waiting could jeopardize election security, the source said. No departure date was given. ''Understand, the gloves are to come off," the source said. The 82nd was still waiting... Fayetteville Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287289/posts#comment Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1258469/posts BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Black Watch battalion has begun moving from Basra to take over an area near Baghdad in a move that could set the stage for a U.S. attack on rebel-held Falluja. "We can confirm that Black Watch is moving north. For security reasons we cannot give numbers," Squadron Leader Steve Dharamraj told Reuters on Wednesday from Basra, the southern city where British troops have been based since last year's Iraq war. A column with Warrior armoured vehicles on flatbeds trucks headed north, a Reuters photographer said. The Warriors were fitted with extra slat armour to deflect rocket-propelled... Reuters, UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1258469/posts#comment Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:59:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237223/posts KABUL: At least 4500 US troops have been shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan as Afghanistan elections are nearing, sources learnt. So far, some 800 American troops, who were offering their services in war-torn Iraq, have landed in Afghanistan4500 American troops will join already present 18500 US troops in Afghanistan. According to Geo TV, the impression was being given that transfer of the US troops from Iraq to Afghanistan was aiming at strengthening security during the election days in Afghanistan. paktribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237223/posts#comment Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:19:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233585/posts    BRUCE KELLMAN | THE NEWS TRIBUNE Some blank-faced, some smiling, soldiers with the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment leave McChord Air Force Base on Thursday for Kuwait. The 400 or so men and women will eventually see combat in Iraq. They replace soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, who start returning next week. Goodbye, ordinary world ANGIE LEVENTIS; The News Tribune Lt. Daniel Burkhart spent the last few days before his deployment to Iraq with his parents who flew in from Massachusetts to say goodbye. His mother, Sandra Burkhart, didn't break down until it was time... The News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233585/posts#comment Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200794/posts /begin my translationRumsfeld, "God damn it! Get them out!" U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Upon watching a bleeding American soldier from TV last year, Professor Moon Jung-in revealed the behind-story of sped-up U.S. pullout Cho Hyung-rae date: 08/27/2004 18:40 26' Moon Jung-in(professor of Yonsei Univ), the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee for N.E. Asian Age, told today (Aug. 27), "The scaling-back of U.S. troops in S. Korea is basically the result of changing U.S. global strategy since 9/11 terrorist attacks. However, 'small' mistakes(such as anti-American protests) sped up the process." Chairman Moon said at the monthly breakfast meeting sponsored by International... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200794/posts#comment Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:53:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200808/posts US redeployment seen as targeting China Reports of US troop reductions in Asia do not ease Beijing's concern that Washington is focusing on the region By Ching Cheong HONG KONG - Despite media reports about the United States reducing the number of its troops in Asia, Beijing remains convinced that America is shifting its strategic focus from Europe to this region. This is how it interprets the major troop redeployment plan announced by President George W. Bush last week, the biggest force realignment since the end of the Korean War half a century ago. It is reinforced by a fact-sheet... Straits Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200808/posts#comment Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:07:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200122/posts SPANGDAHLEM - The US Air Force is deploying 1,000 forces to Iraq from Spangdahlem air base in Germany, a base official said Thursday. The forces are elements of the 52nd Fighter Wing, said Air Force Colonel Dave Goldfein. The troop re-assignment comes amid a realignment of US forces abroad that includes possible base reductions or closures in Germany. But Goldfein said the re-assignment should not be taken as a sign to indicate that Spangdahlem was being closed. "At the moment, however, it is impossible to say what the future holds and what sort of forces will be stationed here," he... Expatica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200122/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200389/posts The Cold War has been over for more than a decade, but you wouldn't know it from the way U.S. military forces are deployed around the world. That's why President Bush's announcement last week about redeploying American troops is such good news. It is no secret that the U.S. military is stretched thin to meet the demands arising in the wake of 9/11. The redeployment plan will take some of the pressure off while making U.S. forces more flexible, responsive, and better able to contend with the "tyranny of distance." The current overseas base structure is the result of... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1200389/posts#comment Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:03:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1198483/posts TOKYO -- Japanese Kyodo news agency, quoting U.S. and Japanese sources, said Tuesday that as part of its relocation plan for U.S. troops based overseas, the U.S. would send 1,000 marines from the 3rd Marine Division stationed in Okinawa, Japan, to a drill camp located in southern Korea for regular training before 2008. The U.S. will also relocate its 1,190 marines of the same division to Southeast Asian countries like the Philippines on a long-term basis. Through these relocations, about 2,190 U.S marines located in Okinawa will be reduced by 2008. The sources said that the relocations are the first... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1198483/posts#comment Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195499/posts JACKSON HOLE, WY – Vice President Cheney today issued the following statement: "Just over two weeks ago, Senator Kerry talked about the merits of troop realignment in Europe and Asia. 'There are great possibilities open to us,' he said. Yesterday he said it was a bad idea. The one consistency we have seen from Senator Kerry is that he is willing to take any position on any issue if he thinks it will benefit him politically. As we saw yesterday, these political calculations even include his positions on our national security." George W. Bush http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1195499/posts#comment Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:57:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194966/posts CHENEY ON KERRY TROOP WAFFLE [KJL] JACKSON HOLE, WY – Vice President Cheney today issued the following statement: "Just over two weeks ago, Senator Kerry talked about the merits of troop realignment in Europe and Asia. 'There are great possibilities open to us,' he said. Yesterday he said it was a bad idea. The one consistency we have seen from Senator Kerry is that he is willing to take any position on any issue if he thinks it will benefit him politically. As we saw yesterday, these political calculations even include his positions on our national security." Posted at 12:02... NROTC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194966/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194900/posts THE PROBLEM with being an opportunist is that you can easily forget what you've recently said. On Monday, during a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, President Bush announced that he intends to modify the configuration of American forces in both South Korea and Europe. On Wednesday, Sen. Kerry, speaking before the same audience, sharply criticized the president's decision. Appearing on ABC's This Week on August 1, however, Sen. Kerry responded to a question by host George Stephanopoulos on Iraq. Stephanopoulos asked Kerry whether, as president, he could "promise that American troops will be home by the end of... Daily Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194900/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194678/posts MAJOR KERRY FLIP FLOP ON KOREA/GERMANY PULLOUT NOT NOTICED BY THE MEDIA - JOHN KERRY INTERVIEW 8/2/04 BY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS [1]10:46:54 GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (OC) Can you promise that American troops will be home by the end of your first term? [1]10:46:57 SENATOR JOHN F. KERRY (DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE) I will have significant, enormous reduction in the level of troops. We will probably have a continued presence of some kind, certainly in the region. If the diplomacy that I believe can be put in place can work, I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just... Just One Minute - ABC News transcripts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194678/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:25:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194652/posts Sen. John Kerry is blasting President Bush for his plan to withdraw 70,000 troops from South Korea and Germany. But less than three weeks ago the top Democrat said he thought such troop reductions were a good idea, specifically naming Europe and Korea. "I will have significant, enormous reduction in the level of troops," Kerry told ABC's "This Week" on Aug. 1. "I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops [in Iraq], not just there but elsewhere in the world. In the Korean peninsula perhaps, in Europe perhaps. There are great possibilities open to us. But this administration... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194652/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:54:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194460/posts August 19, 2004 -- ON Monday, President Bush announced a plan to improve military readiness by withdrawing our troops from Cold War-era garrisons overseas. This should not be a partisan issue. But it's an election year . . . Every Democrat jockeying for an assistant-to-the-deputy-undersecretary janitorial position in a Kerry administration attacked the proposed basing changes as calamitous: We'll throw away our influence in Europe. NATO will buckle. South Korea will be defenseless. And virgins will be ravished around the world. In remarks on the subject yesterday, John Kerry lied to an audience of veterans. He knows the withdrawal plan... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1194460/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193843/posts THE COLD War in Europe is long over, and yet American troops remain deployed in an outdated Cold War configuration. President Bush on Monday announced plans, drawn up after considerable deliberation, to reshape the map of American military deployments. Predictably, the proposal was instantly and lamentably attacked by the President’s political opponents. Shifting the stations of tens of thousands of troops is serious business, with potentially immense ramifications for American security. It should not be treated as just another opportunity for political gamesmanship. President Bush’s redeployment plan emerges, as did the Bush Doctrine, from an effort to view the world... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193843/posts#comment Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:29:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193464/posts John Kerry will on Wednesday set out his opposition to the Bush administration's plans to bring home 70,000 US troops from permanent overseas bases, leaving their future dependent on the outcome of the presidential election. Setting out one of the few clear strategic differences between himself and George W. Bush, Mr Kerry is expected to argue that the withdrawal of troops from Europe and Asia threatens to undercut alliances and weakens America's ability to project its power overseas. White House officials described the realignment as addressing an outdated distribution of US forces, a legacy of the cold war ill-suited to... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193464/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193407/posts KITZINGEN, Germany - Hans Seitz has sold engraved pewter plates and cuckoo clocks to U.S. soldiers for years. Now he fears some of his best customers may be going if two U.S. divisions pull out of Germany. Seitz was one of many Germans — all the way up to Defense Minister Peter Struck — who expressed regret Tuesday at the prospect that the United States will withdraw a large share of its 70,000 troops from Germany under plans announced by President Bush. "It would be bad. We would certainly miss them," Seitz, 70, said of the soldiers of the 1st... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193407/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:41:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193118/posts ...The Pentagon said yesterday that two Army divisions would leave Germany; the withdrawal of 12,500 troops from South Korea has already been announced. More specifics are to come, and the redeployment will take place over the course of the next decade.... The effects of the restructuring will be felt in the U.S. Some 100,000 military families and civilian workers will be returning home. Since a high percentage of troops in the volunteer military are married, this change will make life easier for spouses and children. Troops will be more likely to be deployed abroad on temporary assignments while their families... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193118/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:52:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1192983/posts August 17, 2004 -- YESTERDAY, George W. Bush announced that the U.S. military would move some service personnel from bases in Europe and Asia to bases inside the United States. The total number of forces involved will range between 60,000 and 70,000. The change will take 10 years to complete. Surrogates and spokesmen for the Kerry campaign went ballistic. "Alarming," declared Richard Holbrooke, the foreign-policy guru who will almost certainly be secretary of State if Kerry is elected. Wesley Clark, who was supreme commander of NATO before his disastrous run for the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year, thundered that... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1192983/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 06:21:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193020/posts Reprinted from NewsMax.com Monday, Aug. 16, 2004Oh, Now the Germans Like AmericaHooray! The U.S. is pulling troops out of ungrateful Saddam-loving Germany, and dollar-addicted Old Europeans are in moaning as their withdrawal symptoms begin. "Base closures would hit us very hard," fretted Ole Kruse, spokesman for the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg, home of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division. Baumholder, a town in rural western Germany, will lose $150 million a year if the U.S. military training area leaves, Mayor Volkmar Pees complained today to the Associated Press. "We view this with great concern," Bamberg spokesman Steffen Schuetzewohl chimed in.... NewsMax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193020/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193022/posts The big story out of the speech, of course, was the decision to begin a major (and very, very long overdue) restructuring of US forces; to bring home a large number of them so that we'd have a larger force available in the United States for swift deployment to emerging threats. The military historian Victor Davis Hanson pointed out to us a while ago that the main problem with large US forces permanently based in foreign lands is two-fold; it engenders an infantile dependency on the part of the foreign land while at the same time building up a reservoir... Blogs for Bush http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1193022/posts#comment Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:43:21 GMT