Casey predicts more deployments by mid-2010

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Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Army chief of staff, predicted a "slight increase" of troops deployed by mid-2010.


Casey predicts more deployments by mid-2010
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 20:28:15 EST

The Army chief of staff said Wednesday that he projects there will be a “slight increase” in the number of soldiers deployed between now and mid-2010.

“I see our committed strength going up slightly and staying up until about the middle of 2010,” Gen. George W. Casey said at a morning meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army in Arlington, Va.

About 140,000 soldiers are now deployed in support of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, according to the Army operations shop.

Casey told his audience that “Iraq and Afghanistan are not going to go away” and said he does not yet know how decisions made by the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama will impact the Army.

“We don’t know where this is going to come out, but I don’t see much reduction until the middle of 2010,” Casey said.


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