Assertion: command | /r/CapableOf | reduce the u.s.
Facets:
value: by eliminating nonessential billets
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Faced with attacks such as the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers, which killed 19 American airmen, the command launched Operation Desert Focus, designed to relocate U.S. installations to more defensible locations (such as Prince Sultan Air Base), reduce the U.S. forward "footprint" by eliminating nonessential billets, and return dependents to the United States.