US special forces personnel are stationed on some of Taiwan's outlying islands training its armed forces, the island's defense authority chief Chiu Kuo-cheng confirmed to the press on Thursday. The official was asked to confirm media reports of a permanent US army presence in Taiwan on the sidelines of a legislative hearing, the news website Focus Taiwan wrote on Thursday. Chiu stated that US service members are training Taiwanese troops, helping them identify weaknesses and blind spots.
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