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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 22, 2019, 12:59:19 pm
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Understaffed AFRICOM cutting hundreds more troops
By: Tara Copp  
MUNICH — U.S. Africa Command has begun cutting up to 10 percent of its forces from the continent in response to U.S. security challenges elsewhere, the top U.S. commander for Africa told reporters at the Munich Security Conference.
There are approximately 6,000 U.S. troops and 1,000 DoD civilians or contractors based throughout Africa, who are primarily tasked with training and exercising with partner African forces, said AFRICOM commander U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/02/20/understaffed-africom-cutting-hundreds-more-troops/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/02/20/understaffed-africom-cutting-hundreds-more-troops/)