Originally Posted by Rochard

No, not really. What the fuck do we need European deployments for? To stop the Russians? They are trying to join NATO, not attack it. The administrative stuff, the cooks - well, most of that is outsourced these days, even in a war zone such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

I understand that a large percentage of troops are dedicated to supply and logistics. However, we have two hundred thousand troops in a combat zone and that's only a fraction of the troops we have.