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The military of the United States is deployed in more than 150^[1] countries around the world, with more than 369,000 of its 1,580,255^[2] active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories. Most of these overseas personnel are deployed in combat zones in the Middle east, as part of the "War on Terror". Many of the remainder are located at installations activated during the Cold War, by which the US government sought to counter the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II.

U.S. personnel are seeing active combat in several countries, most notably Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Others are deployed as part of several "peacekeeping" missions.

The following are countries, listed by region, in which U.S. military personnel are deployed. Many of the numbers are based on Department of Defense statistics from December 2010.^[3] These numbers do not include any military or civilian contractors, nor dependents. Countries with fewer than 25 U.S. personnel deployed are omitted.

Combat zones

Iraq - Approximately 45,600 US personnel^[3] as of December 31, 2010.
Afghanistan – Approximately 103,700 US personnel^[3] as of December 31, 2010.

Africa

Djibouti – 334^[2]
Kenya - 42^[2]
Cairo, Egypt – 52
Sinai Desert, Egypt - Approximately 500 personnel. See Multinational Force and Observers.

Asia

South Korea – 28,500^[2]
Japan – 40,178^[2]
Philippines - 182^[2]
Diego Garcia - 286^[2]
Jakarta, Indonesia - 30^[2]
Singapore – 157^[2]
Thailand – 162^[2]
Malaysia - 16^[2]

Oceania

Europe

Germany – 54,198^[2]
Italy – 10,771^[2]
United Kingdom – 9,436^[2]
Spain – 1,483^[2]
Norway - 89^[2]
Sweden - 9^[2]
Belgium – 1,234^[2]
Portugal – 731^[2]
Netherlands – 433^[2]
Greece – 378^[2]
Greenland - 135^[2]
France - 72^[2]
Poland - 33^[2]
Turkey – 1,511^[2]
Serbia (and Kosovo) - 26^[2]

Middle East

Qatar – 678^[2]
Bahrain – 1,894^[2]
Kuwait - 10,548
Oman - 33^[2]
United Arab Emirates - 140^[2]

Western Hemisphere

United States

There are 1,226,638^[2] personnel on active duty in the United States and its territories:

The contiguous United States – 1,019,767^[2]
Transients – 55,356^[2]
Hawaii – 42,360^[2]
Guam – 4,137^[2]
Puerto Rico - 190^[2]
Alaska – 21,506^[2]

References

^ US DOD December 2007 statistics
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^ ^a ^b ^c US DOD December 2010 personnel statistics

External links

DoD deployment numbers (June 30, 2011).
[1] Base Listing as of September 2006.
Current deployment map – PBS
[2] - U.S. forces withdrawn from Iceland

[1] US DOD December 2007 statistics

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 ==External links==
-*[http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst1009.pdf DoD deployment numbers (September 30, 2010).]
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 *[http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/BSR_2007_Baseline.pdf] Base Listing as of September 2006.
 *[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html Current deployment map] – [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]