The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world, with over 130,000 of its active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories.[1]
US personnel are seeing active combat in Afghanistan . Others are deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions, military attachés , or are part of embassy and consulate security.
The following tables provide detail of various countries, listed by region, where US military are deployed. Countries with fewer than 100 personnel deployed are not specified. These numbers do not include any military or civilian contractors or dependents. The numbers are based on the most recent United States Department of Defense statistics as of September 30, 2016.[1]
Americas [ edit ]
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Contiguous United States
960,499
370,069
174,629
142,145
238,310
35,346
Alaska
18,707
9,752
51
18
7,028
1,858
Armed Forces Americas
9,243
0
9,221
0
0
22
Cuba
(Guantanamo Bay )
797
141
524
126
0
6
El Salvador
617
7
22
587
1
0
Honduras
397
234
2
1
160
0
Greenland
169
0
0
0
169
0
Puerto Rico
142
92
23
0
20
7
Canada
139
6
39
13
77
4
other
541
165
117
163
67
29
Total
991,251
380,466
184,628
143,053
245,832
37,272
Pacific Ocean [ edit ]
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Armed Forces Pacific
61,766
0
58,747
3,016
3
0
Hawaii
38,268
16,936
8,359
6,784
4,962
1,227
Guam
3,879
172
1,803
0
1,904
0
Australia
187
32
78
3
74
0
other
104
19
4
69
6
6
Total
104,204
17,159
68,991
9,872
6,949
1,233
US military bases in Germany in 2009
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Germany
34,562
20,606
879
1,063
12,004
10
Armed Forces Europe
32,565
618
31,556
17
227
147
Italy
12,099
4,443
3,673
341
3,640
2
United Kingdom
8,380
171
203
8
7,959
39
Spain
3,284
26
2,709
116
433
0
Austria
930
0
1
928
1
0
Belgium
852
565
41
3
243
0
Romania
682
4
16
655
7
0
Netherlands
381
125
30
1
194
31
Kosovo
366
320
9
12
25
0
Greece
360
8
332
0
20
0
Hungary
207
5
142
0
60
0
Portugal
197
1
10
0
186
0
other
340
114
40
51
132
3
Total
95,205
27,006
39,641
3,195
25,131
232
East Asia and Southeast Asia [ edit ]
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Japan
38,807
2,717
11,005
13,521
11,548
16
South Korea
24,189
15,865
284
142
7,897
1
Thailand
296
45
9
214
28
0
Singapore
175
8
115
16
29
7
other
151
39
44
31
33
4
Total
63,618
18,674
11,457
13,924
19,535
28
West Asia and North Africa [ edit ]
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Kuwait
5,637
3,249
96
1,224
1,068
0
Bahrain
5,375
36
4,323
906
24
86
Iraq
4,662
3,057
332
819
454
0
Qatar
4,400
292
3
91
4,014
0
Turkey
2,145
149
4
26
1,966
0
United Arab Emirates
1,661
207
11
98
1,345
0
Jordan
1,618
575
23
158
862
0
Saudi Arabia
372
239
21
36
76
0
Egypt
355
309
23
1
22
0
other
275
146
22
44
63
0
Total
26,500
8,259
4,858
3,403
9,894
86
Central Asia and South Asia [ edit ]
Sub-Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean [ edit ]
Unspecified [ edit ]
Jurisdiction
Total
Army
Navy
USMC
USAF
USCG
Overseas
28,174
6,147
9,284
8,418
3,584
741
Domestic
5,916
5,916
0
0
0
0
Total
34,090
12,063
9,284
8,418
3,584
741
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