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U.S. Active-Duty Troops Overseas
Active-duty members assigned outside the 50 states and DC, quarterly
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Defense Manpower Data Center, quarterly. Members permanently assigned to duty stations in each country; troops on temporary duty, in contingency operations or afloat are not counted by country. Overseas includes U.S. territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico. The record breaks at the end of 2017, when the reports stopped listing personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
The number of U.S. active-duty service members permanently based outside the United States.
What this chart reads
- U.S. Active-Duty Troops Overseas, Total (DMDC)as “Overseas”latest 2026-08-31
Sources
U.S. Active-Duty Troops Overseas, Total (DMDC). Source: Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), "Military and Civilian Personnel by Service/Agency by State/Country", quarterly: https://dwp.dmdc.osd.mil/dwp/app/dod-data-reports/workforce-reports. Public information (DMDC privacy and security notice). Read.
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