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This is the Defense Manpower Data Center September 2017 report now, with Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan data scrubbed from it.
Military Times: Pentagon strips Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria troop numbers from web
After months of review, the Pentagon has released a quarterly report of the number of troops serving overseas — minus any data it previously reported about the number of service members deployed in combat.
The Defense Manpower Data Center for years has reported quarterly the number of active duty, National Guard and Reserve forces assigned to each state and stationed at each country overseas.
When asked last week why the quarterly December report still had not posted, a defense official said “DMDC is currently updating their policy for these reports. The information should be available soon, and retroactive numbers will be available.”
The Pentagon typically reports each quarter’s data three months after the quarter ends.
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WNU Editor: Why give the enemy a heads-up on what you are doing? Unfortunately .... for the public this is just another loss on the "need to know".