As of September of this year. There were 280,000 Soldiers alone in Iraq, Afghanistan and neighboring countries. Add in the 1to1 ratio of Contractors and that number is 522,230.
At it's peak, the war in Viet Nam had just over 500,000 troops. But very few Contractors. So basically, this is our generations Viet Nam.
These figures came from the Congressional Research Service based on September Figures.
Scary.






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