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U.S. Eyes New Mobile Brigade for Germany from 2006
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BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States plans to station a new Stryker armored vehicle brigade in southeastern Germany as early as 2006, just as it starts withdrawing some 30,000 troops from the country as part of a major force realignment.

Andrew Hoehn, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, told reporters on Thursday the new brigade would include about 3,000 troops and would be the centerpiece of a slimmer, more modern U.S. force in Europe.

"We are looking at forces and capabilities that can move to the fight. The Stryker brigade here in Germany will be the centerpiece of that posture," Hoehn said.

"Its function in part is to work on inter-operability -- the capability of American forces and German forces and other NATO (news - web sites) forces to work together."

Hoehn said there were no plans to bring any other new brigades to Germany on top of the Stryker unit, which he said would likely be based in the area near Grafenwoehr and Vilseck, east of Nuremberg, and arrive in 2006 or 2007.

The Stryker is a wheeled combat vehicle favored by the U.S. military for its battlefield mobility and firepower.

In August, President Bush (news - web sites) unveiled plans to bring home up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia within a decade as the United States shifts its military focus to new extremist threats.

The withdrawals, scheduled to begin in 2006 and take place over a period of several years, are expected to include about 30,000 troops in two heavy divisions in Germany.

The plans have led some German communities with large U.S. bases to warn of economic disaster.

Hoehn and Lincoln Bloomfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, have been discussing the troop shifts with regional officials and members of the German parliament this week.

They acknowledged that the United States was now looking to set up new military facilities in former communist eastern Europe, but stressed that Germany would remain the focus for U.S. forces in Europe.

"Germany will remain the largest center for U.S. military operations in Europe," Bloomfield said. "We are not intending to put full military bases further eastward."

A top U.S. general told Reuters last month that Romania and Bulgaria were being eyed as possible hosts for new U.S. facilities.

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