U.S. Active-Duty Troops in Qatar (DMDC)

## What this measures

The number of U.S. active-duty service members (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard) assigned to duty stations in Qatar, from DMDC's quarterly report of personnel by state and country, dated on the report's "as of" date.

## Why it matters

Where the United States keeps forces says where it is committed to defend, and which governments host the bases that project U.S. power.

## How to read it

As of March 31, 2026: 179 active-duty members, number 21 among the 28 foreign countries Palanor tracks.

## What it does not say

Counts are where members are permanently assigned on the report date. They exclude people on temporary duty, deployed in contingency operations, or afloat at sea, which DMDC does not publish by country: the forces sent to the Middle East in a crisis, for example, mostly do not appear here. Includes the Coast Guard. The record breaks at the end of 2017: from the December 2017 report the Defense Department stopped listing personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, and the overseas total drops sharply; Japan's Navy count steps up in the March 2018 report. Compare levels across that break with care.

## 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 by /api/cron/dmdc-personnel-sync.