Laut folgender Quelle sind es noch mehr [und auf dem US-Mainland,
Alaska, Hawai und den Schiffen sind über 1 Million GIs im Dienst, die
in dem unteren Zitat nicht berücksichtigt sind; die Zahl der Truppen
in Afghanistan ist ebenfalls nicht berücksichtigt: "unavailable"]
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/global-deployments.htm
As of mid-August 2003, there are some 243,000 soldiers, sailors,
airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen deployed in support of combat,
peacekeeping, and deterrence operations. This figure does not include
those forces normally present in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom
or Japan unless bases at those locations are actively supporting a
combat operation. Furthermore, tours of duty in these locations are
routine and not considered hardship tours. If one were to include
these forces the number of deployed troops worldwide would be around
364,000.
[Hinzu kämen noch 38.000 GIs in Südkorea, die rechnen Formal als im
UN-Auftrag tätig!]
Alaska, Hawai und den Schiffen sind über 1 Million GIs im Dienst, die
in dem unteren Zitat nicht berücksichtigt sind; die Zahl der Truppen
in Afghanistan ist ebenfalls nicht berücksichtigt: "unavailable"]
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/global-deployments.htm
As of mid-August 2003, there are some 243,000 soldiers, sailors,
airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen deployed in support of combat,
peacekeeping, and deterrence operations. This figure does not include
those forces normally present in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom
or Japan unless bases at those locations are actively supporting a
combat operation. Furthermore, tours of duty in these locations are
routine and not considered hardship tours. If one were to include
these forces the number of deployed troops worldwide would be around
364,000.
[Hinzu kämen noch 38.000 GIs in Südkorea, die rechnen Formal als im
UN-Auftrag tätig!]