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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaaauj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22449 Updated July 24, 2008 CRS Report for Congress U.S. Forces in Iraq JoAnne O'Bryant and Michael Waterhouse Information Research Specialists Knowledge Services Group Summary Varying media estimates of military forces in Iraq have raised concerns about the actual number of troops deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Interest in troop level deployments continues in 2008. Last year, a major announcement on a surge in troop deployments to Iraq by President Bush included a planned gradual increase of more than 20,000 U.S. troops on the ground in Baghdad and Anbar province over several months. Since the new strategy for Iraq speech by the President on January 10, 2007, troop deployments gradually increased during the months of February through October in 2007 but decreased beginning in November 2007. This report provides solely Department of Defense (DOD) statistical information on U.S. forces serving in Iraq. It also provides brief official information on the military units scheduled for the next rotation of duty into Iraq. As of June 1, 2008, according to DOD, the United States had 182,060 troops stationed in Iraq - 150,400 active component and 31,660 National Guard or Reserves. For security reasons, DOD does not routinely report the composition, size, or specific destination of military forces deployed to the Persian Gulf. This report will be updated upon receipt of new DOD data. For additional information on U.S. forces, see RL343 87, Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results and Issues for Congress, by Catherine Dale. Force Levels As of June 1, 2008, according to the Department of Defense (DOD), the United States had 182,060 military personnel deployed in Iraq. Of these, 150,400 were active component personnel and 31,660 were National Guard and Reserves. Figures 1 and 2 provide the distribution by armed service of active component personnel. These totals do not include 23,000 military support personnel in Kuwait, or naval personnel aboard ships patrolling through the Persian Gulf.' Amid concerns about U.S. troop levels, in a January 10, 2007 address to the nation, President Bush announced an increase of more than 20,000 U.S. troops to be deployed to Iraq as part of a new initiative in ongoing efforts to stabilize the security situation. As DOD Fact Sheet, Global Commitments, December 14, 2007. Congressional Research Service w The Library of Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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