THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, December 5, 1995              TAG: 9512050314
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A11  EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
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THE TROOPS AND UNITS HEADED TO THE BALKANS

U.S. deployments for the Bosnia peace enforcement operation, as described Monday by Defense Secretary William Perry:

20,000 combat troops in Bosnia.

5,000 troops for support in Croatia.

7,000 troops for support in Italy and Hungary, including 2,000 to set up a logistics system and 1,000 as an engineering brigade in Hungary.

3,800 reservists, including more than 1,000 members of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve, told to prepare for duty.

The 27 U.S.-based active-duty units to be deployed, at least in part:

Beale Air Force Base, Calif.: 9th Reconnaissance Wing.

Fort Benning, Ga.: 586th Engineer Company (Float Bridge).

Fort Bliss, Texas: 41st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment.

Fort Bragg, N.C.: Fourth Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 403rd Transportation Company; 362nd Engineer Company; 319th Military Intelligence Battalion (Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System); 4th Psychological Operations Group; 96th Civil Affairs Battalion; 528th Special Operations Support Battalion; 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion.

Fort Campbell, Ky.: 102nd Quartermaster Company; 5th Special Forces Group.

Fort Carson, Colo.: 84th Combat Stress Detachment, 10th Special Forces Group.

Fort Hood, Texas: 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion.

Fort Lee, Va.: 54th Quartermaster Company.

Fort Lewis, Wash.: 1st Special Forces Group.

Fort Meade, Md.: 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera).

Fort Riley, Kan.: 55th Engineer Company (Medium Girder Bridge).

Fort Sam Houston, Texas: 546th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Control Team.

Fort Sill, Okla.: 61st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment.

Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.: 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Hurlbert Field, Fla.: 823rd Civil Engineering Squadron (Red Horse).

Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.: 314th Operations Group.

Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.: 55th Wing.

Pope Air Force Base, N.C.: 23rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

Army Reserve and Army National Guard units notified to begin training for possible deployment and the approximate number of people involved:

None in Virginia.

North Carolina: 130th Military History Detachment (National Guard), Raleigh, 3.

KEYWORDS: BOSNIA U.S. TROOPS by CNB