11.   The armed forces have simultaneously been downsized and run ragged by an unprecedented number of protracted overseas deployments.

12.   The hesitancy stemmed from worries among German politicians over how overseas deployments would be received in a country whose bellicose past has made pacifism an unassailable virtue.

13.   Those exercises, the Navy says, are essential to prepare for overseas deployments.

14.   Three months after the Kosovo conflict ended, the pace of overseas deployments has already resumed for the Whidbey units.

15.   Overseas deployments had also kept them from being posted to Wales, she added.

16.   -- To meet the demands of peacekeeping, normal training and overseas deployments, the military needs more troops.

17.   Bush says he would review overseas deployments with the aim of reducing the number of troops on foreign soil.

18.   Cheney said the buildup under Reagan enabled President Clinton and Gore to send troops on overseas deployments, missions he said have left them stretched to the limits.

19.   DOLE, he added, had scheduled an employment summit this month to assess job prospects and maximize local employment and overseas deployment this year.

20.   Eight Super Stallions currently are on overseas deployment with Marine Expeditionary Units, Nevers said.