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The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Contingency Location Garoua is a United States Army base in Garoua, Cameroon used to support military operations against Boko Haram. [68] Approximately 200 personnel work at the site. [ citation needed ] The site is located adjacent to Cameroonian Air Force Base 301 .
The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [note 1] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014. Its largest, in terms of personnel, was Ramstein AB in Germany, with almost 9,200 personnel.
See Category:Military installations of NATO. Headquarters SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) in Casteau, north of Mons (), since 1966 (before in Paris).SHAPE is since 2003 the headquarters of Allied Command Operations (ACO) controlling all allied operations worldwide.
Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, [1] situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City, and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [2] It is the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa.
secret CIA base [10] Seychelles: United States drone base in Seychelles, Seychelles International Airport. since 2009 surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia: Somalia: Kismayo Airport [12] surveillance of Al-Shabaab over Somalia [12] operated by the Joint Special Operations Command [12] Tunisia: Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base [13] since June 2016 [14]
The military of the United States is deployed in most countries around the world, with approximately 160,000 of its active-duty personnel stationed outside the United States and its territories. [1] This list consists of deployments excepting active combat deployments , including troops in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia.
The following units of other US Army commands provide support to United States Army Europe and Africa: [30] US Army Intelligence and Security Command. 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, in Wiesbaden; US Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. 2nd Theater Signal Brigade, in Wiesbaden; Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command