One-third are forward deployed overseas, taking their crew away from family and the comforts of home.
In short, President Bush must establish at once where he stands on defending America, its forward deployed forces and allies.
It bears reemphasizing: our military forces, both forward deployed and based at home, are only part of our military capability.
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Knowing that these forward deployed artillery and missile forces pose the greatest threat to the South if not taken out, U.S. and South Korean forces hammer North Korean emplacements north of the DMZ.
Overseas Deployments: The United States is likely to lose some of its access to forward deployed positions and overseas facilities as existing basing agreements expire, are renegotiated or are obviated by emerging arms control agreements.
Retried Marine General Anthony Zinni explained another benefit of having carriers forward-deployed: the element of surprise.
Clearly, it is not enough for members of the U.S. Congress to realize belatedly that forward-deployed troops require protection.
Forward-deployed U.S. forces in South Korea, Okinawa and Guam also contribute to security in Asia.
By contrast, for over six decades, the world has been spared another global conflagration because the United States military has been both formidable and forward-deployed.
Such flexibility is possible because the Navy operates a forward-deployed fleet around the world that can be relocated without regard to political boundaries as threat conditions change.
As the number of forward-deployed aircraft carriers declines and the U.S. gradually withdraws from its overseas bases, it will become increasingly difficult to use tactical aircraft in bombing missions.
Because our forward-deployed forces are unlikely to fight where they are based, our key goal must be to make those forces rapidly deployable to the relevant areas as events require.
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On the other hand, since the U.S. faces no theater missile threats, its TMD capabilities would presumably be limited to overseas deployments and possibly just to those numbers and regions where U.S. forces are still forward-deployed.
On the other hand, since the United States itself faces no theater missile threats, its TMD capabilities would presumably be limited to overseas deployments and possibly just to those numbers and regions where U.S. forces are still forward-deployed.
The value of such "forward-deployed" assets was evident when, immediately after the London subway bombings in July 2005, New York's Deputy Policy Commissioner, David Cohen, received a detailed report on the methodology adopted by the terrorists, the materials they used and the suspects.
Our forces will be deployed forward in regions selected to enable them to reach potential crisis spots quickly.
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In the immediate aftermath of the Soviet Union's demise, we reduced the numbers of US troops deployed forward.
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The Army needed six brigade sets of prepositioned equipment deployed forward in Europe, Korea, and Southwest Asia with an additional Marine brigade set in Norway.
Our current posture as John Hamre mentioned, still reflects in many ways the mentality and reality of the Cold War era, during which US forces deployed forward were defensive, tripwire units that were expected to fight near where they were based.
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United forward Wayne Rooney was deployed on the left of midfield with the licence to go forward but his struggles continued and he looked unlikely to score his first goal from open play since March.
Oriol Romeu, playing in his familiar holding role, laid the defensive platform with Lampard and Raul Meireles deployed further forward and the hosts struggled to get a foothold in the game in the first 25 minutes.
Elements of these U.S. forces have deployed to forward locations in the LRA-affected areas of the Republic of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic to enhance regional efforts against the LRA. These forces, however, will not engage LRA forces except in self-defense.
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Johnson, who broke his collarbone in the 3-1 first-leg win a week ago, was replaced by former Manchester United forward Erik Nevland who was deployed up front on his own.
Although critics sometimes question the value of having a globally deployed fleet of warships, missile defense is one area where forward presence and unfettered mobility have proven to be increasingly important.
Liverpool deployed Kuyt as a lone striker, though Gerrard tried to get forward in support as often as possible.
The motorized footrest deployed from the back of the right-front seat requires that seat to be moved all the way forward.
And going forward, we hope to pursue discussions with Russia on reducing both our strategic and tactical weapons, including non-deployed weapons.
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