1、1 DOD Fact Sheet, Global Commitments, December 14, 2007.Order Code RS22449Updated July 24, 2008U.S. Forces in IraqJoAnne OBryant and Michael WaterhouseInformation Research SpecialistsKnowledge Services GroupSummaryVarying media estimates of military forces in Iraq have raised concerns about theactua
2、l number of troops deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Interest in trooplevel deployments continues in 2008. Last year, a major announcement on a surge introop deployments to Iraq by President Bush included a planned gradual increase ofmore than 20,000 U.S. troops on the ground in Baghdad and
3、 Anbar province overseveral months. Since the “new strategy for Iraq” speech by the President on January10, 2007, troop deployments gradually increased during the months of February throughOctober in 2007 but decreased beginning in November 2007. This report providessolely Department of Defense (DOD
4、) statistical information on U.S. forces serving inIraq. It also provides brief official information on the military units scheduled for thenext rotation of duty into Iraq. As of June 1, 2008, according to DOD, the United Stateshad 182,060 troops stationed in Iraq 150,400 active component and 31,660
