The Global US Empire

Approximately 350,000 U.S. troops (0.12% of the US Population) were stationed around the world in Feb, 2005. About 250,000 were deployed in combat, peacekeeping and counterterrorism operations, and an additional 100,000 in Germany, Japan, Italy and England were serving routine tours of duty. GlobalSecurity calculates that if civilians and dependents are added in, the number is 531,000 (0.18% of the US population and ~ 0.5% of US Population under 10-40 years old). Below is the number of troops stationed abroad by region:

• Iraq: 153,000
  
• Germany: 75,000
• Japan: 47,000
• South Korea: 37,000
• Italy: 13,000
• England: 12,000
• Afghanistan: 11,000
  
• Bosnia and Kosovo: 8,000 (Part of NATO's peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Kosovo.)
• Qatar: 1,600
  
• Djibouti: 1,600 (Support for counterterrorism activities in the Horn of Africa region and monitors the southern entry to the Red Sea.)
• Haiti: 1,600 U.S. Marines as part of a multinational peacekeeping force.
• Philippines: 1,000 (Working with the Philippine military to combat terrorism.)
• Georgia: 75 (Marines training four Georgian battalions in counterterrorism.)
• Yemen: U.S. special operations forces trained 200 Yemeni soldiers in counterterrorism tactics last year.
• Colombia: Clusters of special forces soldiers train Colombian troops to fight leftist guerrillas and police narcotics trafficking.