%0 Book %A Campbell, Kurt M. %T New battle stations? %X The Pentagon is now comtemplating dramatic changes in where and how the U.S. armed forces are based overseas. As Douglas Feith, undersecretary of defense for policy, described the process, ' everything is going to move everywhere. There is not going to be a place in the world where it's going to be the same as it used to be.' Changes being considered include moving forces away from the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea and shifting large numbers of forces out of Germany. American defense planners want to create a global network of bare-boned facilities that could be expanded to meet crises as they arise. Taken together, the adjustments now under consideration in where bases are located, in the arrangements Washington makes with host countries, in troop and ship deployments, and in theaters of operation will constitute the most sweeping changes in the U.S. military posture abroad in half a century, greater even than the adjustments made after Vietnam and at the end of the Cold War. All the changes outlined by the Pentagon have commonsensical explanations in terms of operational dynamics and military efficiences, and the U.S. governmentshould indeed gradually implement many of them over the years to come. But as it does so, it must take greater care than it has so far to avoid collateral damage to long-standing arrangements and relationships that have served the country well for decades and might continue to do so for decades to come.