WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The United States reportedly plans to pull 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in the largest restructuring of its global military presence since World War II.
Two-thirds of the reductions will be made in Europe, most of them military personnel stationed in Germany who will be sent back to U.S. bases, the Financial Times reported Saturday.
Another 100,000 support staff and military families worldwide will be part of the realignment.
While Germany will remain home to the largest European contingent of U.S. forces, both Army divisions now based there -- the 1st Armored and the 1st Infantry -- might be moved to U.S. bases.
The U.S. Navy's European headquarters, which has been in London since the 1940s, will be moved to Naples, Italy.
In Asia, the cuts are expected to include the 3,500-soldier brigade from South Korea, which was recently deployed to Iraq.
The Pentagon did not immediately disclose a timetable for the redeployments, the newspaper said.
