U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Alejandro DeLaFuente (front) and Anthony Leonard (back) inspect the perimeter for enemy forces during the peninsula wide operational readiness exercise Jan. 17, 2008, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The exercise is conducted to ensure members remain mission ready at all times. Both are members of the 8th Security Forces Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steven R. Doty.
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More troops destined for Afghanistan
By: SGT News | Submitted on: 05/03/08SOUTHERN ARIZONA (SGT NEWS) - To make up for shortfalls in the military contributions from European countries, the Pentagon is mulling over a plan to send an additional 7,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan by next year.
The additional troops would prop the total number of American soldiers in the area up to about 40,000.
Senior administration officials call the increase of American troops the “re-Americanization” of the war, as it would boost the proportion of American troops to foreign troops up to two-thirds.
“There are simply going to be more American forces than we’ve ever had there,” said one official.
The additional troops would prop the total number of American soldiers in the area up to about 40,000.
Senior administration officials call the increase of American troops the “re-Americanization” of the war, as it would boost the proportion of American troops to foreign troops up to two-thirds.
“There are simply going to be more American forces than we’ve ever had there,” said one official.
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