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US plans to cut forces overseas by 70,000

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Everybody knew it was comming.

I'd be more interested in the response to the increased deployment of Strategic Bombers and F-22's to Guam.
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Falkenhayn wrote:Everybody knew it was comming.

I'd be more interested in the response to the increased deployment of Strategic Bombers and F-22's to Guam.
Considering that the F/A-22 is not even in squadron service, it certainly is not being deployed to Guam. That would be a pointless deployment anyway given the distance from Guam to any conflict zone.
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Falkenhayn wrote:Everybody knew it was comming.

I'd be more interested in the response to the increased deployment of Strategic Bombers and F-22's to Guam.
You're taking Clancy way to seriously. :P
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Falkenhayn wrote:Everybody knew it was comming.

I'd be more interested in the response to the increased deployment of Strategic Bombers and F-22's to Guam.
Not likely. However over, there has been some talk of basing a CVN in Guam once the Shitty Kitty is retired. The rest of the battle group would remain in Yokosuka.
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Its not like we didn't already know that those troops would be pulled from Germany someday. With the Cold War long over and the Balkans more or less stable, there isn't need for a large US force in Europe. Probably gonna be hell on a lot of local economies, though.
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