CHANGES AHEAD FOR US ARMED FORCES STATIONING

In recent war games, Myers said, “most of the Joint Chiefs weren’t happy with a couple” of assumptions on worldwide commitments. They agree U.S. presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is critical. What needs to change then, he said, is “our posture in the rest of the world.”

“We’re still in Bosnia. We’re still in Kosovo. Should we be there? Should the Europeans pick up more of that?” Myers asked. “… We’re in many places, in numbers, that perhaps we don’t need to be in.”

The Joint Chiefs are studying “how we can change our … global force presence policy,” he said.