United States military deployments

Countries with a US military presence in 2007

The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with more than 369,000 of its nearly 1.4 million active-duty troops serving outside the United States and its territories. Many are located on installations opened during the Cold War, in which the US government in the aftermath of World War II thought it needed troops around the globe to counter the Soviet Union, and many countries have less than 100 deployed US troops. Since 2001, the US has deployed troops as part of the War on Terror.

U.S. troops are fighting in several countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq. Others are deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions.

The following are countries, listed by region, in which U.S. troops are deployed. Many of the numbers are based on Department of Defense statistics from June 2005. Omitted are some countries to which fewer than 100 U.S. troops are deployed.

Combat zones

• Iraq - Around 170,000 troops. The American military, along with some 26,000 troops from other nations, provides security and reinforces the new Iraqi government following the invasion in 2003.
• Afghanistan – About 19,500 American troops are in Afghanistan, following the invasion in 2001 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Around 6,500 other troops from the International Security Assistance Force are also deployed in Afghanistan.

Africa

Not including Djibouti, there are about 2,400 American troops stationed in Africa.

• Kenya - 153
• Cairo, Egypt – 29

Sinai Desert, Egypt - Approximately 500 personnel. See Multinational Force And Observers

Asia

The US military has about 97,000 troops in Asia, not including the Middle East, and Central Asia.

• South Korea – 26,477 troops
• Japan – 48,844 troops
• Philippines - 1,200 troops[1]
• Diego Garcia - 311
• Jakarta, Indonesia - 19
• Singapore – 115
• Thailand – 1,113
• Malaysia - 10

Australasia

• Australia - 126
• Marshall Islands - 26
• New Zealand - 12

Europe

Not counting Bosnia or Kosovo, the US military has about 90,000 personnel in Europe.

• Germany – 63,958.
• Souda Bay, Greece - 386
• Italy – 11,693
• United Kingdom – 10,967
• Spain – 1,268
• Norway - 23
• Sweden - 23
• Turkey – 1,365
• Belgium – 1,367
• Portugal – 864
• Netherlands – 444
• Greece – 562
• Russia - 18 (mainly in the US embassy in Moscow)
• Thule, Greenland - 138

Middle East

Not counting Iraq and Afghanistan, there at least 2,500 US military personnel in the Middle East.

• Qatar – 158
• Bahrain – 2,333
• Kuwait - 10
• Oman - 10
• United Arab Emirates - 37

Western Hemisphere

Not counting the US and its territories, there are about 1,500 troops in the Western Hemisphere

• Antigua - 2
• Colombia - 7
• Saint Helena - 3
• Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – 1,457
• Manta, Ecuador - 13
• Netherlands Antilles - 10

United States

There are 1,973,398 troops on active duty in the United States and its territories:

• The contiguous United States – 1,868,215
• Transients – 47,391
• Hawaii – 35,810
• Guam – 3,315
• Puerto Rico - 769
• Alaska – 17,989

See also

• List of United States military bases

External links

• [http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst0712.pdf - DoD deployment numbers (December 31, 2007).
• [2] - Base Listing as of September 2006.
• Current deployment map – PBS
• [3] - U.S. forces withdrawn from Iceland