That vision pointed the way toward a future objective force that will be strategically responsive and dominant across the spectrum of military operations. In general, The Army Vision addressed three broad areas-people, readiness, and transformation. The Army is people, and the soldier remains the centerpiece of our formation. The Army remains a values-based institution, where loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage are the cornerstones of all that we do. Our soldiers enable America to meet its leadership responsibilitiesworldwide.
Soldiers are our investment in America.
Soldiers from all components are deployed around the world and showing America how real that investment is. The U.S. Army currently has over 140,000 soldiers forward deployed and stationed in 101 foreign countries. As many of you who have visited them have seen, over 5,700 American soldiers of Task Force Falcon are serving in Kosovo, with another 1,131 in Macedonia, well over a year after the air campaign ended and refugees began returning home. Four thousand soldiers of the 49 th Armored Division, Texas Army National Guard, and the 3 rd Armored Cavalry Regiment from Fort Carson, Colorado, comprise Task Force Eagle in Bosnia. Our forces remain on duty in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, in the Sinai, and in Korea.