ITED BASES OF

ERICA
I Bah11rnas: Two small !bases: An airfield il!t Mayag u<~na. whi.dl !he U.S.
used!for missile t racking during Apoll'o and Mercury spau ~rograms ,
and: a nava'l station ~~~ .Andros Island. U.S. Navy SEALs help ~rain
llltlmberii of Royal Bahamas l!l&fem:e Forre i ~ !>p@Cial naval
warfar~ (!be coonhv doos mot ltdvll' an army or ai~ fore!!').

The United Sta-les is estimated to have anythingfrom 700 military bases armmd
the wm'ld to mme than l ;OOO. They include everythingfimn smaU drone sites on
du.styfore:ign.. ai1:flelds to the spra.roling BagramAir Base in
fifghanistan with nwre than 20 000 troops.

I Puerto Ric:01: Two small military bases,

1 ~laSkar. !Four active military rinstallations and thre!l' coost guard lbase~
indu~ ing thll' .ioi nt Air Fo~~ Army base at EJmendorfRicbardson, near
Anc!Lorage, and Fort Greely, an Arm~ launch silt:e for anti-ballistic
missiles, which spe.ci aliz~~"S rill c~hl-weath e-r weapc~ n s testing,. being
10(1llted in me or ~he state's ~aldest ar~

down from a malilimum of 25 in th@20th

!:<!!ntury. C o~g ress tried !a olose e~en
thi/'.Se, lbut lil@t o ~ p oSiiHo n from
vetllrans oo the islamil. The U.S.
Co;as,t Guard also opijfiltes an
air :.tation, pll'rfllrming
saan:h"'<<~lil ~restu:e as IVIl'll
as l ilwentortellltlnl

1 Hawaii: Naval, aWlly and air fG.rtt! bases. Th!! naYal

station at !Pearl Harbor is tile h eadq uart~ rs of tht!
Pacif,ic r l'!!~t. It is l lome to rmore than 100 vessels,

miss ia~s .

i~du liling several air~raU carri'e.rs and sullrmarines,

making it me of ~lle navy's l!lusiest bases.

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1 Guam: And!!I'SI!n Air force Elase is one of

four bases that the IJ.S.. uses to stage

LiOOJIII
CMI'ier

bom~r crews

- ont! of onI ~ twoin the

Pa~:<if,i c. A naval bllSI! is h11me to three
modern nuclear s:ullnnarines.

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1 CMrier Gro&lps: l he U.S. has

p,,rt/k

1~ aircraft c-arrie~s. 11ihe 1m

Nimitzclass aircraft carriers are

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!ht! largi!:St warships in th@

wor1dl A~ aircraft carri~r batfl!l
grou~ mmnally consists of a
car,rier al:ong with ~h i ~s
car,ry,i~g omise missiles,
d@slroye ~s and su bmarincs.
The G~oJgs Washington
Garrl,~tr Sbih Group arrived
in S in ga~ ore this mtmth.

IGemiMYt

Haw~ii

'

1 A usn:- .a: u.s. and

A11stra11a.are In talks 1hat

~GUAM
would:'give American military
uMettll'recl access to ~hared
facl ll t l~ rln Aiustralla. The
move wo11ld give the u.s.
more importance In the
AS'Ia-Pa.clfic regl.on. Tlie s ha~
facility of ~l ne Gap In the
centre of die oouMry has been
d~~"Scrlbe d as one of ~the largest
and most so,pli lstica.ted satellite
ground stations In the world.
llnforrmanon gathered there has
be-en usedl to eo-ordl nate air
strl k~~"S rln Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ai Forte stations mainlv coocerned

wilh sup~orl and logistics ~rv i~.
RAF Croughtoo is one of llle !largest
milila,y commu nicalions cent r e~ in
Europe, handling an ~~"St imatecl Jm% of all
u.s. military traffic within Europe and 25% of
all traffic frrom Europe to I e ll.lniled Sta,te$.
RAF Fairlfordl hosts a speciallmaintenanoe
han1jer for ~he stealth a2: bomber. R~F
Menwi~h Hill is an el~trm it rmoniloring
station.

BRAZIL

bu~

!here ha'VI/' been reports

of u.s. troops and plan ~~"S at
PiA;hari militlllY base in the
Valle d'e los Rios Apurirmacy
Ene {VIi!A), norttlern rPer11,
see-n as an ove,rflow f1rom
Colormian opera~ons..
Military pers.onnel are also
deployed a.t three u.S."built
radar stations.

1 Gretidand Thul& Air Base is !he

~ortllern most military post occupied hy ~he
U.S. and lloga~ as a weather station. Has

6BB per.;;onnol and ac'ts as an earl warning

shte til detect i ntere<mtinental ballistic

mis.si les launched towarlils thll' lli.S.,

lCELA ND

thrnru.
I h't'fllf

I Iraq: There are J.us115 American

llililililary ~ ll!ft in Iraq ahead of a
~~ar-t! n d U.S. withdrawal, down from a
peat: of 50.5. according to the U.S. military.
There al'l! about 39,01!0 U.S. soldiers and a
fm11l@r 38,.5011 contractors o~ tllose bases,
according to too military.

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I Peru: No. ~ officlaJI,y,

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COLOMBIA

1 Honduras: counter-narootenrorlsm
o.perations haYe led to beefed-u p sp.endlng.
f he:re are M least three bas.es, includl ng a
IJ.S. Special Fo.rce operating base at soto
Cano. a forward-operating base at
Caratasca an~ a coun1ter-narro-terrorism
opera,tions base at Guanaia lslancl on thll'
Cam
iblilean oout. The Sol:o Cano. airlieldl
se-rved! as a way-station for the plane that
whisked Pres i den~ Manuell .Zeilaya oul of
IHionduras during a 2009 militlllY oou p.

lleelandc As the only NATO

member without a standing anm~
Cbut a sma'll navy and
~tguardJ, Iceland has a treaty
wJth 1he U.S. for mi lita r~
defe<nce.u.s. maintained a naw~l
base at Keflavlk untll 2006. ihis.
was Important durl ng the Cold
war, b~th as a liste-ning post:and ,.,,.,,._.
to monitor the movements of
SoYiet submarin ~~"S.

1 UJK.Ili.S. opera.tes out (!If sioc Royal

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centre-left preslden,t rln Mau rltio
Funes, ~he Pentagon1built a $665>DWW'
''sh(:)Ot house:" for u.s. special Fnroes
1roops here. 'ihe United Sta.tes also led
a mas!illi'e S;pedal For.ces. exercise in
June, wUh the partlcipa1ion of troo,ps
from 25 na~lons.

Two air ro~ baS>es and

about 11 <'1111!1'11~ bases,
ill~hough th.e u.s. is
reducing its p1e~nce in 1he
countiY. Wbe11 ~he Berlin
wall came dow,n in 1989,
~he u.s. pr~~"Sence in
Gerrmany wa.s ~~"S~i mated at
250.000 s.ollliers; ttl ere are
now about so,~o~ u.s.
saldiers in llle oounlry.
!1:amst11i~ Air Base is the
~eadlwarters for air force
op@ril.tions in Euroll@.

I Poliihlga'l: t.ajes Fl:eld,

R SSIA

I Alghutistan: Thent are an

estimated 400 bases i ~ ~lie country,
including ra~ forward operating
'bases. an~ combat olltpo$. U.S. troop
numbers are about 100.000, but these
are due to lllavl! by 2014 in a phased
wl111drawaL

alr roroe base IO<:Med

In the Mantle ocean on
Tereeira.lsland, acts in an
illllortamt str;negic and'
logistics rale.
M

1 Colombia: Seven base~ d'espite a

ColtStiiU'tional Coun ru ling slriking down the
contract giving N!e u.s. military 'US~ or the
m for 10 years. The Pentagon s'Oughlt access
aifiter, Ecua~ ~rian President' Rafael!Correa
cancelled ~he I~ for the US. mili'ta.ry base in
Manta. IEcuad'or. 'Off,icially, llle Americans are
fighting narcolraflickers and guerrillas inside
Co:lomlllia~ buu u.s. Air Fo r~e d'ocument states
lhe deal offers a"unique oppottuniity" for
co.nduclin<!J 'full spectrum operations~ Inthe
region against various threa,ts. including
~a nt iU.S. govefl] !li!~~ts."

RUSSIA

1 Japar1: Site of navy, marine, army

SAUDI
ARABIA

and air forte bases. U.S. rnni litary

s.be~g ~h Is about 38.,000 ilS'hore
a~d n,ooo afloat U.S. tmces are
l!lispersedl am~~ n g 85 facilitiss
located on Honshu, Kyushu and
O.kina.wa. 8as@s and fadlmlils
ran.ge In size froma severa'lthousand acre training area
to a single antenna site.

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I Smrt!! Kt~rt!a: Th~re ar~ 15

USS :rw.t VillSOn

C<mier Group <>
I OIA drone basest The
TomDispatdl website this rmonth
sakll lt ha~ idl!<ntltletl at least GO
bases that can operate drones
wortd,wide. lit said drones had
been Ho.wn oot of plac-es such as
Afghanistan', Pa~istan, Turkey, U~
un lte ~ Ara:b Emi rate~ Qa.tar,
U.zbelastan and Africa Tbe u.s. Is
reporl:ed to lile preparing four
drone ail'$'lrips 1in the H~r n of
Alirica region, me in DJibouti, one
in '! he Seychell'es, anMher in
IE~hiopia M!1l a fourttl rumoured to
be in either Ollila.n or Saudi Arabia.

100 U.S.
troops - mostlysp@ciall
o,puatilms forces - to
ad~ise in the fight
against th~ !Lord's
Resist.antt! Army

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1 IPililipp.ines: Phil i p!~ i n e

Slfnil!e voted. in 1991 ro close
all U.S., nili!ar~ bases.ll.S.,
maintains its miUtary ~ rese n ce
under ths Vis iti~g IF!lrees
Agntll'm@nt sigRsd during tbl!
adlininistratioo of jlli:Sftph
Estrada. Under the agre~me nt.
US. and local soldiers conduct
regular military exercises 1i ~
many ~arts of !bl! cooo!ry..,

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1 Pil!vo C.reili: llilf!JI! naval '

~hiP .a.l)(j submiii'!DI! SIIJliiQrt

0051!, mil ~tary air !lase,

communications and space
trae~ng facilities, and an
a:ncllorage for Pf\lpositiOfled
military suppF!es for regional
operations.

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1 Afric:a: Recent press reponls say tht! U.S. is focusing more on ,Africa, as
well as tile Middle East to "fight t<t!nrorismi" and , protect oil" resources. I ~
Africa, llli.S. bases are to focus on Uganda, Djibouti, Se.negal and Sao Toml!
and Pri nci~e , wlll!r@ flexible, ~malkcal e "jumpi ~g -oft points exist or are to
bl! boilt. Tile Se nl!:gi!I~S!! military fore!! already r@C@ives most of its t raining1
equl pment. and su ~port from the United States and France. The Associated
Press said an existing base in Entll'bbe, Uganda, i5 C!lvering East Africa.and
the Great Lam r~iDIL A bil6e in Dji bouti monitors terrorist groops., A ~
in Sao Tome and Principe would allow the U.S. to mooi1
tor the nnDYement of
oil tanlters and protect oil ~latfurms.

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rmililary bases in South K!llr~a,

lllilost of' them army sit~.
Chi~ hae Naval 8ase is o~e of
t he few re mai~i ~g
operatillnal lli.S. nava~ bases
~~~ the Korean l?~~ i ~-su'la.
K!unsan Air 18ase is w,ilhin j.et
stri~@ distancB of the
dlfliililitar,ized .zone and North
Korll'an rmissile sit~.

11Singapore: The commander.

L.oglslies Group.. W~te rn Pa.eilic was
set up rln Sl ngapore to keep 1M u.s. 7tli
Fleet armed, ~uel l ed, fed and sup,ported.
The 7th f le-et area o.f operations oovers
more Uk111 :m million sq;uare kilome ~res of
llle 1
Pacific and 1ndian O~ans.

l lndonesia: U.S. has resu med military li ~ ks after

a decade of suspended co.operation. Tbis year a1one,

the U.S. is co n duc ~i ngr more than 150 arniti5.

!lxchanges and vi-sits witll the l n d on~an mililtary.

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