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Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health (1999)

Chapter: A: Coalition Forces and Force Strength

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Suggested Citation:"A: Coalition Forces and Force Strength." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9636.
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Appendix A
Coalition Forces and Force Strength

Total U.S. forces deployed: 697,000; peak personnel strength: 541,400

Total other coalition forces: 259,700 at peak personnel strength

Country

No.

Country

No.

Afghanistan

300

Norway

50

Argentina

300

Oman

6,300

Australia

700

Pakistan

4,900

Bahrain

400

Philippines

Unknown

Bangladesh

2,200

Poland

200

Belgium

400

Qatar

2,600

Canada

2,000

Romania

Unknown

Czechoslovakia

200

Saudi Arabia

100,000

Denmark

100

Senegal

500

Egypt

33,600

Sierra Leone

Unknown

France

14,600

Singapore

Unknown

Germany

Unknown

South Korea

200

Greece

200

Spain

500

Hungary

50

Sweden

Unknown

Italy

1,200

Syria

14,500

Japan

Unknown

Thailand

Unknown

Kuwait

9,900

Turkey

Unknown

Morocco

13,000

United Arab Emirates

4,300

Netherlands

600

United Kingdom

45,400

New Zealand

Unknown

Zaire

Unknown

Niger

600

 

 

Suggested Citation:"A: Coalition Forces and Force Strength." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9636.
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Many individuals, groups, and federal agencies have a strong interest in finding answers to the numerous and complex questions regarding the health of Gulf War veterans. Various types of research and health measurement are needed to address these diverse issues. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was asked by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to undertake a study to identify important questions concerning the health of Gulf War veterans and then to design a study to answer those questions. The committee determined that it is of fundamental importance to ask how healthy are Gulf War veterans? Are they as healthy as others? What characteristics are associated with differences between the health of Gulf War veterans and the health of others?

To address these questions, it will be necessary to measure not only the health status of those who served in the Gulf War, but also to compare Gulf War veterans with other groups. Further, one must continue to follow these groups through time to determine whether the groups differ in the way their health status is changing. As the committee began to develop a design that would address the fundamental questions identified, it realized that such a study could have important implications for understanding not only the health of Gulf War veterans, but also the health of veterans of other conflicts.

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