Quietly, The Plans for Removing Troops From Germany/SK Go Forward

[Annie]

The rhetoric has toned down, even been removed, but the fact remains that the troops will be coming home:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/27/p...=th&adxnnlx=1122457009-sM6YghP0EB3h3Ty4B6JDTQ

Plan to Shift Army Units Is Complete, Officials Say

By THOM SHANKER
Published: July 27, 2005

WASHINGTON, July 26 - The Army has completed plans for bringing home 50,000 soldiers living overseas, mostly in Germany and South Korea, and settling them in bases across the United States where families will move less often and troops will be closer to training centers and ports, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.

Several states with large bases - Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina and Texas - will have their Army populations grow, with the addition of at least one brigade, or about 5,000 soldiers, and their families.

The complex plans, which describe in detail where the troops will move, where new Army brigades will be located and which units will be renamed, have been approved by President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Pentagon officials said.

The relocation, to be completed by 2008, was described by two Pentagon officials who have worked on the project and were granted anonymity so they would describe the changes before an official announcement expected later this week...