List of United States military bases

This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world. This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Closed military installations of the United States.

Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States.
Countries with United States military bases and facilities
History of U.S.
expansion and influence

An "installation" is defined as "a military base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including leased space, that is controlled by, or primarily supports DoD's activities. An installation may consist of one or more sites" (geographically-separated real estate parcels).[1]: DoD-3 

The United States operates a global network of military installations and is by far the largest operator of military bases in the world, with locations in dozens of nations on every continent, with 38 "named bases"[note 1] having active-duty, US National Guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014. Its largest, in terms of personnel, is Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, with almost 9,200.[1][note 2] The Pentagon stated in 2013 that there are "around" 5,000 bases total, with "around" 600 of them overseas.[2] Due to the sensitive and often classified nature of this information, there is no comprehensive list with the exact number or location of all bases, stations and installations. The total number of foreign sites with installations and facilities that are either in active use and service, or that may be activated and operated by American military personnel and allies, is just over 1,000.[3]

U.S. officials have been accused of collaborating with oppressive regimes and anti-democratic governments to secure their military bases, from Central America to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.[4] The Democracy Index classifies many of the forty-five current non-democratic U.S. base hosts as fully "authoritarian governments."[4] Military bases in non-democratic states were often rationalized during the Cold War by the U.S. as a necessary if undesirable necessity in defending against the communist threat posed by the Soviet Union. Few of these bases have been abandoned since the end of the Cold War.[5]

Several rounds of closures and mergers have occurred since the end of World War II, a procedure most recently known as Base Realignment and Closure. Anti-racist agitation in the early 2020s led to calls for changing bases to remove the names of Confederate figures who fought against the United States in the American Civil War.[6] The Naming Commission was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,[7] and renaming began in December 2022.[8]

Joint bases

Domestic

Foreign

Australia

Guam

Iraq
Main articles: List of United States military installations in Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve § Military bases, and Military intervention against ISIL aerial order of battle
  • There are approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Iraq,[14] spread across several facilities in Iraq and other bases in Iraqi Kurdistan,[15] being used as training bases for Iraqi and Kurdish forces[16] as well as launching operations against targets in Syria.[17]

Niger
See also: United States Military Operations in Niger

The U.S. operates drone bases from three locations across Niger. These locations are staffed by several hundred U.S. Special Operations Forces in a non-combat role, aiding the Nigerien military with training and surveillance.

Syria
Main articles: Operation Inherent Resolve § Military bases, and American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
Landing zone at Al-Tanf, Syria

There were approximately 1,500–2,000 U.S. Marine and Special Operations Forces in Syria, spread across 12 different facilities, being used as training bases for Kurdish rebels.[23][24] These soldiers withdrew from Syria to western Iraq in October 2019.[25] Meanwhile, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon was planning to "leave 150 Special Operations forces at a base called al-Tanf", where the United States is training Free Syrian Army rebels.[26] In addition, 200 U.S. soldiers would remain in eastern Syria near the oil fields, to prevent the Islamic State, Syrian government and Russian forces from advancing in the region.[27]

According to the Head of the Syrian Arab Republic delegation to Astana talks the U.S. presence in Syria is "illegal" and "without the consent of (the) government".[28]

United States Army
See also: List of former United States Army installations

This is a list of links for U.S. Army forts and installations, organized by U.S. state or territory within the U.S. and by country if overseas. For consistency, major Army National Guard (ARNG) training facilities are included but armory locations are not.[29]

Domestic

Alabama

American Samoa

  • Pele U.S. Army Reserve Center & Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Samoa

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Camp Nett (ARNG)

Delaware

  • Bethany Beach Training Site (ARNG)[35]

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

  • MTA Deepwoods (ARNG)
  • MTA Riley-Bog Brook (ARNG)
  • TS Caswell (ARNG)
  • TS Hollis Plains (ARNG)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Selfridge Air Base

Minnesota

Mississippi

  • Camp McCain (ARNG)
  • Camp Shelby
  • Mississippi Ordnance Plant

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

  • Center Strafford Training Site (ARNG)

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • NATO Headquarters Sarajevo

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Germany
Main article: List of United States Army installations in Germany

Israel

Italy

Iraq

Japan

Kosovo

Kuwait
Main article: List of United States Army installations in Kuwait

Lithuania

Poland

South Korea

United States Marine Corps
Main article: List of United States Marine Corps installations

Domestic

Germany

Guam

Japan

South Korea

United States Navy
Main article: List of United States Navy installations

California

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Mississippi

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Washington, D.C.

Bahamas

Bahrain

British Indian Ocean Territory

Cuba

Djibouti

Greece

Guam

Iceland

Italy

Japan

Poland
  • Naval Support Facility Redzikowo[42]

Romania

Singapore
  • Singapore Area Coordinator[44]

South Korea

Spain

United States Air Force
Main article: List of United States Air Force installations

Domestic

Foreign

Aruba

Indian Ocean Territory

Curaçao

Estonia

Germany

Guam

Honduras

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Kuwait

Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal (Azores)

Qatar

Romania

South Korea

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)

Spain

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States Space Force

Domestic

Greenland (Denmark)
  • Pituffik Space Base

United States Coast Guard

Domestic
Main articles: List of United States Coast Guard stations and United States Coast Guard Air Stations

U.S. Territories

Bahrain

Cuba

Germany
  • Maritime & International Law-U.S. Africa Command[48]

United Kingdom
  • HMS Support Program-Portsmouth[49]

Japan

Netherlands

Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Maritime Infrastructure Protection Force[52]

Singapore
  • Activities Far East-Singapore[53]

See also

Explanatory notes
  1. What are here termed "named bases" are the bases listed in section X: "Personnel Data from DMDC", i.e. excluding that table's rows labelled "Other", in the 2015 DoD Base Structure Report.
  2. The 2015 U.S. Base Structure Report gives 587 overseas sites, but sites are merely real property at a distinct geographical location, and multiple sites may belong to one installation (page DoD-3). For example, the Garmisch, Germany "named base" with its 72 personnel has eight distinct sites large enough to be listed in the Army's Individual Service Inventory list: Artillery Kaserne, Breitenau Skeet Range, Garmisch Family Housing, Garmish Golf Course, General Abrams Hotel And Disp, Hausberg Ski Area, Oberammergau NATO School, and Sheridan Barracks (listed in Army-15 to Army-17). These range in size from Ramstein AB with 9,188 active, guard/reserve, and civilian personnel down to Worms, which has just one civilian.

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