Talk:Deployments of the United States Military

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Contents 1 Scary as hell 2 Severe limits to usefulness 3 South/Central America 4 Template 5 "Deployment" in US military lingo only refers to deployment to combat zones 6 Romania

[edit] Scary as hell

The entire world is engulfed by the military presence of the U.S.

-G

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The first paragraph originally said the US had 1.5 million people serving outside the US alone, but most other sources (including Military of the United States) said there were 1.4 million total, at home and abroad. I used the numbers on the PBS Frontline link and came up with 328,300. Because the numbers are apparently a year old and, as the article admitted, doesn't have information on the number of personnel in Afghanistan, I figured 325,000 was a nice, round number for a floor.

I also used the word "personnel" to be consistent with Military of the United States, apparently since "soldier" is usually used to refer to the United States Army in specific. David Iwancio 22:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Severe limits to usefulness

This page is far less useful than it might be. Each number should have a citation and an "as of [DATE]" tag. Some of these are changing dramatically over the course of months or even weeks. Bbpen 17:29, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I am planning to revise the page, with no numbers (as they change rapidly). Just look at the official DoD link: [1]. I think it would be best to just list the countries and what the US troops are doing there. PBP 21:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow, that's a helpful document. It raises the question: should we include those 2005 numbers and mark them with the date? I think that might be better than leaving them out. Bbpen 23:24, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Sure. We could put a notice at the top saying "as of 2005", along with a link at the bottom to the DoD page. We wouldn't really have to update it until the next official release. PBP 23:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

That sounds good. I suppose if word arrives of changes to deployments in individual countries, we could mark those updated lines with "as of DATE". Bbpen 19:23, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] South/Central America

What about bases/deployments in Nicaragua, El Salvador, etc.?

[edit] Template

We should make a bottom of the page template, for all US Military related deployment articles. Each one could have a flag picture of the country involved.

[edit] "Deployment" in US military lingo only refers to deployment to combat zones

It's not considered "deployment" unless you're in afghanistan or Iraq.--Goon Noot (talk) 07:22, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wrong. Deployment is getting any orders to send you anywhere, for any military purpose what so ever. You can be deployed within the United States, even. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.227.251 (talk) 22:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Romania

[2] Don't tell me this user has never heard that there are 1,000 US soldiers in Romania! others say 1,500 Marc KJH (talk) 18:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)