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But as NATO changes, so must U.S. forces, he said. American troop strength in Europe will drop from its current 112,000 to around 50,000, said European Command officials. American forces will go from two full divisions in Germany and a brigade combat team in Italy to a brigade combat team in Germany, another in Italy and up to one more rotating among forward-operating sites.

American forces in Europe will be in three types of bases, Jones said. The first are main operating bases, installations like Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and U.S. Naval Station Rota, Spain. These bases will remain hubs and have American forces assigned to them.

The second are called forward-operating sites. Jones calls these bases “light-switch operations” -- meaning all troops arriving have to do is turn the lights on and operations can proceed. Examples of these bases are Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, Camp Eagle in Bosnia, and Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. source

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ITT Federal Services International Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., was awarded on March 30, 2005, a $9,402,295 increment as part of a $68,966,313 firm-fixed-price contract for management supplies and services for armed guard services. Work will be performed at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 28 bids solicited on Dec. 23, 2002, and six bids were received. The U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Wiesbaden, Germany, is the contracting activity (DABN01-03-C-0010).source

While I'm unaware of our actual troop rotation schedule for Kosovo, it looks like you and your "Kosovo back to Serbia" friends are going to have to set your watches back another 3 years.

At least.

LOL.