Closing Combat Bases Costs Mega Bucks
Credit: U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTOS
U.S. Marines handed over command of Iraq’s Anbar Province to the Iraqi army in January—freeing up what was once a peak force of 25,000 deployed there for the fight in Afghanistan. The drawdown is part of the Pentagon’s plan to scale back forces to about 50,000 non-combat troops by Sept. 1, according...
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