Balkans: December 31, 2003

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Since NATO has decide to trim its multinational peacekeeping force from 12,000 soldiers to 7,000 by June 2004, the manpower requirements on Army National Guard units have decreased. The Indiana-based 38th Infantry Division will take control of the northern region of Bosnia in April, but with just 800 Guardsmen and Reservists instead of the 1,458 troops originally planned. - Adam Geibel