People (especially ordinary Americans) tend to forget just how many soldiers are in the US military and how many are both in war zones as well as those stationed overseas. Here are some numbers (they do not include their families stationed with them.)
Combat zones
Iraq - 45,600 US personnel as of December 31, 2010.
Afghanistan – 103,700 US personnel as of December 31, 2010.
Libya - 8,500 US personnel as of May 22, 2011.
Africa
Djibouti, Africa – 3,500
Kenya - 42
Egypt (Cairo) – 52
Egypt (Sinai Desert) - 500
Asia
South Korea – 28,500
Japan – 32,803
Philippines - 95
Diego Garcia - 311
Jakarta, Indonesia - 27
Singapore – 125
Thailand – 96
Malaysia - 15
Oceania
Australia - 140
Marshall Islands - 17
New Zealand - 5
Europe
Germany – 53,951
Souda Bay, Greece - 386
Italy – 9,855
United Kingdom – 9,825
Spain – 1,286
Norway - 81
Sweden - 12
Belgium – 1,328
Portugal – 826
Netherlands – 579
Greece – 363
Greenland - 126
France - 55
Poland - 100
Turkey – 1,594
Kosovo - 830
Middle East
Qatar – 8,029
Bahrain – 1,495
Kuwait - 10,548
Oman - 36
United Arab Emirates - 96
Western Hemisphere
Antigua - 2
Colombia - 123
Saint Helena - 3
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – 932
Netherlands Antilles - 10
United States
There are 1,084,548 personnel on active duty in the United States and its territories:
Contiguous United States – 882,201
Transients – 52,527
Hawaii – 34,838
Guam – 2,836
Puerto Rico - 137
Alaska – 19,408
^ People should remember that each number is a person that is putting their life on the line so we can go about our everyday lived. ^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments
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