President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit Fort Stewart. (White House photo)
AllGov.com: U.S. has Military Bases in at least 38 Countries and Sent Weapons to 94 Countries in Last 5 Years
The old recruiting slogan was “Join the Navy and See the World.” Those advertisements were prescient; the U.S. military has a presence of some kind in 171 nations and jurisdictions in addition to the United States and its possessions.
Many times the presence is one officer as a military attaché or similar post or even a military dependent. But some countries host significant numbers of members of the U.S. armed forces.
The two countries hosting the most members of the U.S. military are the two the U.S. conquered in World War II. There were 49,503 members of the military in Japan as of the end of last year, according to the Department of Defense. Germany was next with 38,826 members of the U.S. armed forces stationed there.
WNU Editor: An excellent summary on what is the U.S. military footprint worldwide. Throw in CIA stations and NSA installations and God knows what else .... that is a huge foreign military commitment.
1 comment:
Apples to apples and oranges to oranges.
What is the Russian or Chinese foot print?
What would their footprint be, if they could afford it. What was the historical USSR footprint?
What are the trends in the Russian or Chinese footprint?
If we looked at footprint per GNP or footprint per population, what is Iran's like? They have a large footprint in South America and Africa.
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