Buddy of mine that I work with is in the reserves in the "ceebeas" for the navy. they do a lot of construction and what not...he was given the option to deploy for 6 months and help take down bases and what not.

according to what he's being told they are withdrawing 20% of the troops from the sandbox over the next year or two...its not exactly what Obama wanted, but he's coming to terms that we'll never be fully out of the middle east.

+1 for Obama, and I'm a republican.