{"id":2597,"date":"2013-02-28T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2013-02-28T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T18:03:28","slug":"u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Military Personnel Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/defense-budget-and-military-bases.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/defense-budget-and-military-bases.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/defense-budget-and-military-bases.png 712w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/defense-budget-and-military-bases-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/defense-budget-and-military-bases-368x300.png 368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to this map by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/infographics\/2013-02-19\/defense-budget-at-center-of-spending-war.html?goback=.gde_894127_member_215667920\">Bloomberg<\/a>, in 2012 approximately 12.5% of active-duty military personnel were stationed outside the United States, in places like Afghanistan, Turkey, Australia\u00a0Canada, Greenland, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Egypt, Myanmar, South Korea, Greece and Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/acrive-duty-soldiers-overseas-472x300.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><\/a>The pie chart above shows the top 14 places where the U.S. has active duty soldiers stationed.<\/p>\n<p>Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/infographics\/2013-02-19\/defense-budget-at-center-of-spending-war.html?goback=.gde_894127_member_215667920\"><em>Bloomberg: Defense Budget at Center of Spending War &#8211; Infographic<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetfriends.com\/US-deployments-overseas\/\"><em>VetFriends: US Deployment Facts-How Many US Troops are Overseas?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='U.S. Military Personnel Around the World' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='U.S. Military Personnel Around the World' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='U.S. Military Personnel Around the World' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='U.S. Military Personnel Around the World' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/28\/u-s-military-personnel-around-the-world\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this map by Bloomberg, in 2012 approximately 12.5% of active-duty military personnel were stationed outside the United States, in places like Afghanistan, Turkey, Australia\u00a0Canada, Greenland, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Egypt, Myanmar, South Korea, Greece and Western Europe. The pie chart above shows the top 14 places where the U.S. has active duty soldiers stationed. 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