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Old 03-13-2011, 01:56 PM   #21
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Re: Military Appreciation Thread

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Originally Posted by 12thMan View Post
Question: What's our footprint in Iraq? I still hear we're fighting two wars. Well, we drew down combat ops about a year ago, right?

So how much of presence do we still have there and how much is it costing the American taxpayer.
The US has withdrawn all Combat Forces, but 47,000 non-combat forces remain. Which consists of Force protection, infrastructure, medical and maintenance type units.
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