Ponce
23rd December 2010, 10:08 AM
Long article but with the same bull.......notice that it says "67,000 soldiers so that the rest of them (33,000) must be mercs who are earning five times more than out troops .
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25K (more) soldiers headed to Afghanistan in 2011.
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Dec 22, 2010 12:48:06 EST
Nearly 25,000 troops will board planes for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan starting soon after New Year's, the Defense Department has announced.
About 18,000 soldiers in five infantry brigade combat teams as well as two combat aviation brigades and a headquarters element will deploy to Afghanistan as part of the regular troop rotations.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed the deployment orders a day after President Obama said he will start bringing troops home from Afghanistan in July. In the same breath, he said the U.S. will not finish transitioning military forces out of Afghanistan until 2014. The U.S. has 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, 67,000 of them soldiers.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/army-afghanistan-deployments-in-2011-122110w/
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25K (more) soldiers headed to Afghanistan in 2011.
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Dec 22, 2010 12:48:06 EST
Nearly 25,000 troops will board planes for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan starting soon after New Year's, the Defense Department has announced.
About 18,000 soldiers in five infantry brigade combat teams as well as two combat aviation brigades and a headquarters element will deploy to Afghanistan as part of the regular troop rotations.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed the deployment orders a day after President Obama said he will start bringing troops home from Afghanistan in July. In the same breath, he said the U.S. will not finish transitioning military forces out of Afghanistan until 2014. The U.S. has 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, 67,000 of them soldiers.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/12/army-afghanistan-deployments-in-2011-122110w/