U.S. Army To Reduce Ground Forces in Europe to 24,000

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The United States will reduce the number of American ground soldiers stationed in Europe to 24,000 from the current 64,000 troops within the next five to 10 years, a U.S. Army spokeswoman said here April 12.

The proposed troop reduction would result in only four of the 13 main operating bases remaining. The four bases would be Wiesbaden, in central Germany, which would become the European headquarters for U.S. ground forces, Kaiserslautern in western Germany, Grafenwoehr in southern Germany and Vicenza in northern Italy, according to the spokeswoman, Elke Herberger.

The number of U.S. Army barracks and installations would drop from 236 to 88 with the reorganization, according to the American Army in Europe Web site.

The U.S. Army is involved in a major redeployment in Europe so it can reassign soldiers back to the U.S. or else to Eastern Europe.

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