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