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General Jack Keane General Jack Keane AnAn ArmyArmy UpdateUpdate GeneralGeneral JackJack KeaneKeane ArmyArmyArmy GlobalGlobalGlobal CommitmentsCommitmentsCommitments 368,900 soldiers over- seas in 120 countries (approx. 215,000 on unaccompanied tours) South Korea 31,460 soldiers KFOR / SFOR (29,590 soldiers on unaccompanied tour) 5,100 soldiers NOBLE EAGLE OIF / SWA 28,600 soldiers 167,650 soldiers JTF-GTMO OEF-A & ANA OEF-Philippines 1,550 soldiers 9,600 soldiers 1,151 soldiers MFO 750 soldiers Army Personnel Strength - 24 of 33 (73%) AC BCTs Component Currently Deployed deployed overseas in FY03 - Active: 485,000 232,759 - 15 of 45 (33%) eSB battalions - Reserve: 206,000 61,590 deployed overseas in FY03 - National Guard: 352,000 74,551 - Total: 1,043,000 368,900 OperationOperationOperation DAHUKDAHUK IraqiIraqiIraqi FreedomFreedomFreedom XX DAHUK TIGRIS R. BASHU R GROUND FORCES ARBILARBIL TALL AFAR MOSUL SULAYMANIYAHARMY AVIATION ARMY 133,300 IRBIL STST X AIR FORCE 550 101101 AAAA DIVDIV (+)(+) 1 XX AH64 140 2 NAVY 1,550 NINAWANINAWA KIRKUK UH-60 300 DAYR AZ ATAT TAMIMTAMIM 173d173d ABNABN BdeBde MARINE 8,600 ASAS SULAYMANIYAHSULAYMANIYAH DEZFUL ZAWR TH CH-47 80 COALITION 12,400 44TH INFINF DIVDIV SALAHSALAH ADAD DINDIN HAMADAN 6 OH-58DAHVAZ 90 SYRIA EUPHRATES R. TIKRIT TOTALTOTAL 156,400156,400SYRIA 5 AL QAIM 12 XX XXSAMARRA I I I IRANIRAN DIYALADIYALA I I I BAQUBAH AR RAMADI ND 3RD3RD INFINF DIVDIV STST 22ND ACRACR 1 AR RUTBAH 11 ARAR DIVDIVBAGHDAD FALLUJAHX 10 RDRD WASITWASIT 33 ACRACR BABILBABIL H4 H3 2-82d ABN DIV AL HILLAH 2-82dKARBALA ABN DIV ALAL ANBARANBAR KARBALAKARBALA XX AL KUT SPECIAL OPERATIONS AL KUFA JORDANJORDAN AL AMARAH FORCES X AN NAJAF AD DIWANIYAH XX ALAL QADISIYAHQADISIYAH 22 ARMY 2,400 ST 1 ST MEF MAYSANMAYSAN SFSF AS SAMAWAH1 MEF DHIDHI QARQAR AN NASIRIYAH 55THTH SFSF GROUPGROUP UKUK DIVDIV ARMY FORCES AR’AR TALLI ANAN ALAL BASRAHBASRAH X 1 KUWAIT NAJAFNAJAF II L 9 AZ ZUBAYR 34,000 ITIT BdeBde SAFWAN 34,000 SAUDISAUDI NENEALAL Bn Bn MUTHANNA’MUTHANNA’ ARABIAARABIA XXXX CJFLCC KUWAIT CITY CurrentCurrentCurrent DispositionDispositionDisposition ofofof ForcesForcesForces KUWAITKUWAIT UNCLASSIFIED UPDATED: 18 JULY 2003 GroundGroundGround TroopTroopTroopDAHUKDAHUK RotationRotationRotation PlanPlanPlan OperationOperation Iraqi Iraqi Freedom Freedom OIF 1 OIF 2 Projected 3rd Infantry Division (-) 82d Airborne Division (-)* Sep 03 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Polish Multi-National Div Sep/Oct 03 4th Infantry Division 1st INF Div (-) w/ INF Bde (ARNG)* Mar/Apr 04 1st Armored Division 1st CAV Div w/ INF Bde (ARNG)* Feb/Apr 04 2nd Light CAV Regiment Bde / 1st CAV Div Mar/Apr 04 (OVERLAP) 3rd Armored CAV Regiment Stryker Brigade 1 (Oct 03) Mar/Apr 04 101st AASLT Division Multi-National Division Feb/Mar 04 2nd Brigade, 82d Airborne Div Redeploys Jan 04 173rd Airborne Brigade Redeploys Apr 04 OIF 1 & 2 are 12 Month Rotations * 6 Month Rotation ArmyArmyArmy RotationRotationRotationDAHUKDAHUK PlanPlanPlan OperationOperation Enduring Enduring Freedom Freedom - -Afghanistan Afghanistan OEF-A 3 OEF-A 4 OEF-A 5 82d Airborne Division (-) 10th Mountain Division (-) 25th Infantry Division (-) (AUG 03) (FEB 04) BosniaBosnia (SFOR) (SFOR) SFOR 13 SFOR 14 35th Infantry Division (-) (KS ARNG) 34th Infantry Division (-) (MN ARNG) (SEP 03) KosovoKosovo (KFOR) (KFOR) KFOR 5A KFOR 5B 28th Infantry Division (-) (PA ARNG) 34th Infantry Division (-) (MN ARNG) (FEB 04) SinaiSinai (MFO) (MFO) 1-133d Infantry, 34th ID (IA ARNG) 1-125th Infantry, 38th ID (MI ARNG) (JAN 04) Rotations are 6 Months in Duration.
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