Ga. Army Base Set for Big Troop Expansion
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With Fort Benning preparing for its largest troop expansion since the Vietnam War, barber Anthony Brock figures he'll be giving a lot more GI haircuts, or at least he'll have a steady stream of customers even when major units deploy for combat.
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An Army unit that had been scheduled to go to Iraq is being sent instead to Afghanistan, where fighting has increased and the U.S. troop level is at its highest of the war.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - The Pentagon is extending deployments of more than 10,300 soldiers and Marines in Iraq for two to four months and bringing in an additional 1,500 soldiers from the United States to assist
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A retired Army general sent to Iraq to assess operations said the U.S. should assign thousands of additional Army advisers to work directly with Iraqi units.
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Officials say they will need a further increase in combat forces to put down remaining areas of resistance.
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At a time when the Army National Guard is falling far short of its recruiting goals nationally, Georgia officials say they are having no such problem.
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By Peter Roper, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 15--Ranchers around the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site officially received news Wednesday that the Defense Department has approved the Army's request to start the process of adding 418,000 acres to the training area southwest of La Junta.
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The United States plans to increase its military force in Iraq by 12,000 soldiers and Marines, bringing combat strength to the highest level since the invasion in 2003.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Earlier this year, it was the 20,000 troops of the 101st Airborne Division who were welcomed here...
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ANNISTON, Ala. -- Field upon field of more than 1,000 battered M1 tanks, howitzers and other armored vehicles sit amid weeds here at the 15,000-acre Anniston Army Depot -- the idle, hulking formations symbolic of an Army that is wearing out faster than it is being rebuilt.
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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - Turkey's army has boosted troop levels in the restive southeast to more than 200,000, most of them stationed along the border with Iraq, security sources told Reuters on Friday.
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By James Gilbert, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 5--The Yuma Proving Ground, which is already one of the largest military installations in the country, could be getting half a million acres larger.
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The Pentagon has decided to bolster US forces in Iraq in advance of elections scheduled for late January by sending elements of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, NC, and extending
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The U.S. military will temporarily  boost its troop strength in Iraq to about 150,000 from a  current level of 138,000 to provide extra security for Iraqi  elections set for Jan. 30, defense officials said on Wednesday.
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 25--GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- State lawmakers agreed Saturday to more than double the local panel charged with guiding the future of Fort Monroe as the Army prepares to leave the waterfront post by 2011.
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Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz said increased military action in the coming days aims to make those places safe enough for voting.
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Amid growing concerns about the stability of Iraq, the Pentagon yesterday announced that it will boost the number of troops there to the highest