How large is the US Military presence worldwide?

Not really being a follower of All Things Military, I had a vague sense of the large size and scale of US Military forces outside of the United States borders, but never really knew how large it was. So after a very quick set of searches, I gathered what can be classified as a very unscientific listing of US Military forces worldwide. I have no way of assuring this is accurate, and am listing all sources below, but still this gives a better overall idea of how large our global military footprint really is.

At $396 billion, the U.S. military budget request for 2003 is over 36% of total worldwide military spending. It is more than the combined spending of the next 25 nations (Center for Defense Information).

This list does not include the nearly 400 ships (including 12 aircraft carriers) maintained by the US Navy, which are also generally viewed as remote military facilities. Also not included are the 486 facilities maintained within the US (700+ total facilities worldwide), nor does this address the forward-deployed troops currently in temporary siutuations in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Yemen and elsewhere.

Listed below are the 216 Primary Facilities and Satellite Installations the US Military maintains outside of the United States.

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1.Satellite InstallationAmerican SamoaAmerican Samoa (USCG ISC Honolulu)
2.Satellite InstallationAustralia5 SWS (Woomera) (Buckley ANG)
3.Air ForceAustralia Woomera
4.NavyBahrainASU-Bahrain
5.ArmyBelgiumNATO-Brussels
6.ArmyBelgiumShape-Chievres
7.Satellite InstallationBelgium16Th CEC Zutendaal (NATO-Brussels)
8.Satellite InstallationBelgiumBrussels NATO Support Activity (Shape-Chievres)
9.Satellite InstallationBelgiumBrussels (Spangdahlem AB)
10.Satellite InstallationBelgiumKester (Spangdahlem AB)
11.Satellite InstallationBelgiumKleine Brogel AB (Spangdahlem AB)
12.Satellite InstallationBelgiumKleine Brogel (NATO-Brussels)
13.Satellite InstallationBelgiumNATO Programming Center Glons (Shape-Chievres)
14.Satellite InstallationBelgiumOLB 886Th Com Sqn (NATO-Brussels)
15.NavyCubaNS Guantanamo Bay
16.Satellite InstallationDenmarkKarup (Geilenkirchen AB)
17.ArmyDenmark80TH ASG
18.Satellite InstallationDhahranDhahran Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
19.NavyDiego GarciaNSF Diego Garcia
20.Satellite InstallationDjiboutiDjibouti (MacDill AFB)
21.Satellite InstallationEgyptEgypt (MacDill AFB)
22.Satellite InstallationEnglandEngland Industrial Air Park (Fort Polk)
23.Satellite InstallationEnglandRAF Croughton (RAF Mildenhall)
24.Satellite InstallationEnglandRAF Digby (COMNAVACTUK London)
25.Satellite InstallationEnglandRAF Fairford (RAF Mildenhall)
26.Satellite InstallationEnglandRAF St. Mawgan (COMNAVACTUK London)
27.Satellite InstallationEritreaEritrea (MacDill AFB)
28.ArmyGermanyAnsbach
29.ArmyGermanyBad Kreuznach
30.ArmyGermanyBamberg
31.ArmyGermanyBaumholder
32.ArmyGermanyBerchtesgaden
33.ArmyGermanyDarmstadt
34.ArmyGermanyFriedberg
35.Air ForceGermanyGeilenkirchen AB
36.ArmyGermanyGiebelstadt
37.ArmyGermanyGiessen Depot
38.ArmyGermanyGrafenwoehr
39.ArmyGermany80th ASG Grefrath
40.ArmyGermanyHanau
41.ArmyGermanyHeidelberg
42.ArmyGermanyHohenfels
43.ArmyGermanyIllesheim
44.ArmyGermanyKaiserslautern
45.ArmyGermanyKitzingen
46.ArmyGermanyMannheim
47.Air ForceGermanyRamstein AB
48.Air ForceGermanyRhein-Main AB
49.ArmyGermanySchweinfurt
50.Air ForceGermanySpangdahlem AB
51.ArmyGermanyStuttgart
52.ArmyGermanyUS Army Europe
53.ArmyGermanyUSA Bad Aibling
54.ArmyGermanyVilseck
55.ArmyGermanyWiesbaden
56.ArmyGermanyWuerzburg
57.Satellite InstallationGermanyAFCENT-Brunssum (Geilenkirchen AB)
58.Satellite InstallationGermanyAmberg (Hohenfels)
59.Satellite InstallationGermanyAschaffenburg (Wiesbaden)
60.Satellite InstallationGermanyAschaffenburg Community (Darmstadt)
61.Satellite InstallationGermanyBabenhausen (Hanau)
62.Satellite InstallationGermanyBabenhausen Kaserne (Darmstadt)
63.Satellite InstallationGermanyBad Nauheim (Hanau)
64.Satellite InstallationGermanyBad Nauheim (Wiesbaden)
65.Satellite InstallationGermanyBad Nauheim Housing (Friedberg)
66.Satellite InstallationGermanyBirkenfeld (Baumholder)
67.Satellite InstallationGermanyBonn (Spangdahlem AB)
68.Satellite InstallationGermanyBrunssum (Spangdahlem AB)
69.Satellite InstallationGermanyBuechel AB (Spangdahlem AB)
70.Satellite InstallationGermanyBuedingen (Hanau)
71.Satellite InstallationGermanyButzbach (Hanau)
72.Satellite InstallationGermanyButzbach (Wiesbaden)
73.Satellite InstallationGermanyButzbach Housing (Friedberg)
74.Satellite InstallationGermanyColeman Barracks (Mannheim)
75.Satellite InstallationGermanyDexheim (Bad Kreuznach)
76.Satellite InstallationGermanyFliegerhorst (Hanau)
77.Satellite InstallationGermanyFriedberg (Hanau)
78.Satellite InstallationGermanyGarmisch (Stuttgart)
79.Satellite InstallationGermanyGelnhausen (Hanau)
80.Satellite InstallationGermanyGermersheim (Heidelberg)
81.Satellite InstallationGermanyGrafenwoehr Training Area (Vilseck)
82.Satellite InstallationGermanyHohenfels Training Area (Vilseck)
83.Satellite InstallationGermanyKalkar (Geilenkirchen AB)
84.Satellite InstallationGermanyKapaun Air Station (Ramstein AB)
85.Satellite InstallationGermanyLandstuhl Regional Medical Center (Ramstein AB)
86.Satellite InstallationGermanyLangen Community (Darmstadt)
87.Satellite InstallationGermanyMainz (Wiesbaden)
88.Satellite InstallationGermanyNeubruecke (Baumholder)
89.Satellite InstallationGermanyOberammergau (Stuttgart)
90.Satellite InstallationGermanyPruem Air Station (Spangdahlem AB)
91.Satellite InstallationGermanySembach Annex (Ramstein AB)
92.Satellite InstallationGermanyStrassburg (Baumholder)
93.Satellite InstallationGermanyTraben-Trarbach (Spangdahlem AB)
94.Satellite InstallationGermanyVogelweh Military Community (Ramstein AB)
95.Satellite InstallationGermanyVolkel AB (Spangdahlem AB)
96.Satellite InstallationGermanyWorms Housing (TJV) (Mannheim)
97.NavyGreeceUSN Souda Bay, Crete
98.Satellite InstallationGreenlandThule AB (Peterson AFB)
99.Air ForceGuamAndersen AFB
100.NavyGuamUSN Forces Marianas
101.Satellite InstallationGuamNAVSTA Agana (USCG ISC Honolulu)
102.NavyIcelandNATO Base Keflavik
103.Satellite InstallationIcelandGrindavik (NATO Base Keflavik)
104.Air ForceItalyAviano AB
105.ArmyItalyLivorno
106.NavyItalyNAS Sigonella
107.NavyItalyNSA Gaeta
108.NavyItalyNSA La Maddalena
109.NavyItalyNSA Naples
110.ArmyItalyVicenza
111.Satellite InstallationItaly4190Th Abs (P) San Vito (Aviano AB)
112.Satellite InstallationItaly4190Th Wing (P) Det 1 Pisa (Aviano AB)
113.Satellite InstallationItaly469Th Air Base Squadron (Aviano AB)
114.Satellite InstallationItaly48Th Is Det 1. Rimini (Aviano AB)
115.Satellite InstallationItaly603RD ACS Det 1. Jaco Tenente (Aviano AB)
116.Satellite InstallationItaly616Th Munitions Squadron (Aviano AB)
117.Satellite InstallationItaly616Th Red Horse Flight (Aviano AB)
118.Satellite InstallationItaly716 Munitions Support Squadron (Aviano AB)
119.Satellite InstallationItalyLandsouth/Verona (Vicenza)
120.Satellite InstallationItalyLatina (NSA Naples)
121.Satellite InstallationItalyNATO Telecommunications School (NSA Gaeta)
122.Satellite InstallationItalyNaples (Patrick AFB)
123.Satellite InstallationItalyOl C 616Th Regional Suppport Group (Aviano AB)
124.Marine CorpsJapanCamp S D Butler
125.ArmyJapanCamp Zama
126.NavyJapanFLTACT Sasebo
127.NavyJapanFLTACT Yokosuka
128.Air ForceJapanKadena AB
129.Marine CorpsJapanMCAS Iwakuni
130.Air ForceJapanMisawa AB
131.NavyJapanNAF Atsugi
132.ArmyJapanTorii Station
133.Air ForceJapanYokota AB
134.Satellite InstallationJapan129Th ANG (Onizuka AS)
135.Satellite InstallationJapan87Th OD Det (Onizuka AS)
136.Satellite InstallationJapanAkizuki (AKA Kure) (Camp Zama)
137.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Courtney (Camp S D Butler)
138.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Fuji (Camp S D Butler)
139.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Gonsalves (Camp S D Butler)
140.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Hansen (Camp S D Butler)
141.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Kinser (Camp S D Butler)
142.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Lester (Kadena AB)
143.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Schwab (Camp S D Butler)
144.Satellite InstallationJapanCamp Shields (Camp S D Butler)
145.Satellite InstallationJapanChibana Compound (Torii Station)
146.Satellite InstallationJapanFleet Mail Center (FLTACT Yokosuka)
147.Satellite InstallationJapanFort Buckner (Torii Station)
148.Satellite InstallationJapanHario Village (FLTACT Sasebo)
149.Satellite InstallationJapanIkego Detachment (FLTACT Yokosuka)
150.Satellite InstallationJapanMCAS Futenma (Camp S D Butler)
151.Satellite InstallationJapanMSC Far East (FLTACT Yokosuka)
152.Satellite InstallationJapanNAR Santa Clara (Onizuka AS)
153.Satellite InstallationJapanNSGA Hanza (Camp S D Butler)
154.Satellite InstallationJapanNaha Port (Torii Station)
155.Satellite InstallationJapanNegishi Detachment (FLTACT Yokosuka)
156.Satellite InstallationJapanOkuma AS (Kadena AB)
157.Satellite InstallationJapanTaura Weapons Depot (FLTACT Yokosuka)
158.Satellite InstallationJapanTsurumi Fuel Depot (FLTACT Yokosuka)
159.Satellite InstallationJordanJordan (MacDill AFB)
160.Satellite InstallationKenyaKenya (MacDill AFB)
161.Satellite InstallationKuwaitKuwait (MacDill AFB)
162.ArmyLuxembourg80th ASG, Bettembourg
163.ArmyMarshall IslandsKwajalein Majuro
164.Satellite InstallationMid-Atlantic OceanAscension Island (Patrick AFB)
165.Satellite InstallationMid-Pacific OceanJohnston Island Atoll (Schofield/Shafter)
166.ArmyNetherlandsSchinnen
167.Satellite InstallationNetherlandsMaastricht (Geilenkirchen AB)
168.Satellite InstallationNorwayStavanger (RAF Mildenhall)
169.Satellite InstallationOmanOman (MacDill AFB)
170.Satellite InstallationPakistanPakistan (MacDill AFB)
171.ArmyPanamaFort Clayton
172.Air ForcePanamaHoward AFB
173.Satellite InstallationPanamaTropic Test Center (Yuma Proving Ground)
174.Air ForcePortugalLajes Field
175.ArmyPuerto RicoFort Buchanan
176.NavyPuerto RicoNS Roosevelt Roads
177.Satellite InstallationPuerto RicoMayaguez (Patrick AFB)
178.Satellite InstallationPuerto RicoSan Juan (Patrick AFB)
179.Satellite InstallationQatarQatar (MacDill AFB)
180.Satellite InstallationSaipanSaipan (USCG ISC Honolulu)
181.Air ForceSaudi ArabiaUS Military Training Mission
182.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaJeddah Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
183.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaJubail Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
184.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaKhamis Mushatt Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
185.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaKing Khalid Military City (Kkmc) Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
186.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaTabuk Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
187.Satellite InstallationSaudi ArabiaTaif Detachment (US Military Training Mission)
188.NavySouth KoreaCOMFLEACTS Chinhae
189.ArmySouth KoreaCamp Casey
190.ArmySouth KoreaCamp Henry-Taegu
191.ArmySouth KoreaCamp Hialeah-Pusan
192.ArmySouth KoreaCamp Humphreys
193.Air ForceSouth KoreaKunsan AB
194.Air ForceSouth KoreaOsan AB
195.ArmySouth KoreaYongsan
196.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Carroll (Camp Henry-Taegu)
197.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Eagle (Camp Humphreys)
198.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Howze (Camp Casey)
199.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Long (Camp Humphreys)
200.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Page (Camp Casey)
201.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Red Cloud (Camp Casey)
202.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Stanley (Camp Casey)
203.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaCamp Walker (Camp Henry-Taegu)
204.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaKo-On-Ni Range (Osan AB)
205.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaKunsan AS No GSU (Kunsan AB)
206.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaKwang Ju AB (Osan AB)
207.Satellite InstallationSouth KoreaPil-Sung Range (Osan AB)
208.NavySpainNS Rota
209.Air ForceTurkeyIncirlik AB
210.Air ForceTurkeyIzmir AS
211.Satellite InstallationUAEUnited Arab Emirates (MacDill AFB)
212.NavyUnited KingdomCOMNAVACTUK London
213.ArmyUnited KingdomMenwith Hill
214.Air ForceUnited KingdomRAF Lakenheath
215.Air ForceUnited KingdomRAF Mildenhall
216.Air ForceUnited KingdomRAF Molesworth