U.S. troops deployed abroad - 224,051 - Brief Article - Illustration

Reason, Dec, 2002

U.S. Troops Deployed Abroad


112,000  European Command (Germany, Belgium,
         Greece, Italy. Mediterranean,
         Netherlands, Norway. Portugal,
         Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom)

79,800   Pacific Command (Singapore, Japan,
         South Korea, Guam. Australia. Diego
         Garcia, Thailand; not counting
         troops in Alaska and Hawaii)

11,262   Central command (Bahrain, Kuwait,
         Oman, Qatar. Saudi Arabia, United
         Arab Emirates, Nigeria)

1,280    Southern Command (Colombia and
         Honduras)

4,258    Joint Forces Command (Bermuda,
         Cuba, Iceland, Portugal, UK)

15,451   UN and Peacekeeping Forces (Bosnia,
         Croatia, East Timon Egypt.
         Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Irag
         Kuwait, Middle East Western
         Sahara. Saudi Arabia. Turkey.
         Yugoslavia)

224,051  Total

SOURCE: THE  Military Balance 2001-2002 International Institute for
Strategic Studies