Why do we need troops in just about every major and many minor country in the world? We still have troops in Europe and Japan 66 years after WWII ended. We have had troops in Korea since 1953 when the armistice was signed. Now, DOD has begun upgrading our forces in Asia. GAO has major questions as to how well this upgrade is being managed. I have questions as to why we need any troops in Asia. But, for now, we'll only talk about the latest Pentagon boondoggle.
How many DOD people - soldiers and others - do you think we have in South Korea? Would you believe 56,000? And DOD wants to increase this number to 84,000. Plus, they want to increase the length of the assignment for the troops and bring their families over. Naturally, a little construction must be done, but DOD really has no idea how much this will cost. But, it must be done. DOD wants to more than double the number on Guam from 15,000 to 39,000; again, there is no real idea of the costs involved in this upgrade. They don't yet have numbers for Japan and Okinawa, but DOD knows upgrading is a smart thing to do.
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