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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
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 .
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).
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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 30 September 2014. Its largest, in terms of personnel, is
Ramstein Air Base , in Germany, with almost 9,200.
[1]
[note 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.
[2]
U.S. officials have been accused of collaborating with oppressive regimes and anti-democratic governments to secure their military bases, from Central America to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The
Democracy Index classifies many of the forty-five current non-democratic U.S. base hosts as fully "authoritarian governments". Military bases in non-democratic states were often rationalized during the
Cold War by the U.S. as a necessary if undesirable condition 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 .
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
Union during the
American Civil War .
[5] The Naming Commission was created by the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,
[6] and renaming began in December 2022.
[7]
Joint bases
Domestic joint bases
The Pentagon
Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) north of
Anchorage, Alaska
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam – located 11 kilometers (7 miles) northwest of
Honolulu, Hawaii
Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst – located 29 kilometers (18 miles) south of
Trenton, New Jersey
Joint Base Charleston – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of
North Charleston, South Carolina
Joint Base San Antonio – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of
San Antonio, Texas
Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of
Newport News, Virginia
Joint Region Marianas – combines
Naval Base Guam ,
Andersen Air Force Base and
Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall – located 1 kilometer (1 mile) northwest of
Arlington County, Virginia
Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek – located 20 kilometers (13 miles) northwest of
Virginia Beach
Joint Base Lewis-McChord – located 17 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of
Tacoma, Washington
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling – located 11 kilometers (7 miles) south of
Washington, D.C.
Joint Base Andrews – located 22 kilometers (14 miles) south of
Washington, D.C.
Foreign joint bases
Australia joint bases
Pine Gap – Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (JDFPG), near
Alice Springs ,
Northern Territory .
Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt – located on the northwest coast of Australia, 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of the town of
Exmouth, Western Australia .
Robertson Barracks – located in
Darwin, Northern Territory .
Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station – located near
Kojarena 30 km east of
Geraldton, Western Australia .
Other U.S. bases in
Australia are present and this list does not include
ADF bases with U.S. access. The
U.S. military has access to many ADF training areas,
northern Australian
RAAF airfields, port facilities in
Darwin ,
Fremantle ,
Stirling naval base in Perth , and the airfield on the
Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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[10]
[11]
[12]
Iraq joint bases
There are approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in
Iraq ,
[13] spread across several facilities in
Iraq and other bases in
Iraqi Kurdistan ,
[14] being used as training bases for Iraqi and Kurdish forces
[15] as well as launching operations against targets in
Syria .
[16]
Niger joint bases
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 joint bases
Landing zone at
Al-Tanf ,
Syria
There were approximately 1,500–2,000 U.S. forces in
Syria , spread across 12 different facilities, being used as training bases for Kurdish rebels.
[22]
[23] These soldiers withdrew from
Syria to western Iraq in October 2019.
[24] 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.
[25] 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.
[26]
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".
[27]
United States Army
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.
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Domestic army bases
Alabama army bases
American Samoa army bases
Alaska army bases
Arizona army bases
Arkansas army bases
California army bases
Colorado army bases
Connecticut army bases
Delaware army bases
District of Columbia army bases
Florida army bases
of Green (
Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Resort)
Georgia army bases
Hawaii army bases
Idaho army bases
Illinois army bases
Indiana army bases
Iowa army bases
Kansas army bases
Kentucky army bases
Louisiana army bases
Maine army bases
Maryland army bases
Massachusetts army bases
Michigan army bases
Minnesota army bases
Mississippi army bases
Missouri army bases
Montana army bases
Nebraska army bases
Nevada army bases
New Hampshire army bases
New Jersey army bases
New Mexico army bases
New York army bases
North Carolina army bases
North Dakota army bases
Ohio army bases
Oklahoma army bases
Oregon army bases
Pennsylvania army bases
Puerto Rico army bases
Rhode Island army bases
South Carolina army bases
South Dakota army bases
Tennessee army bases
Texas army bases
Utah army bases
Vermont army bases
Virginia army bases
Washington army bases
West Virginia army bases
Wisconsin army bases
Wyoming army bases
Foreign army bases
Belgium army bases
Bosnia and Herzegovina army bases
NATO Headquarters Sarajevo
[35]
Bulgaria army bases
Cameroon army bases
Germany army bases
Bleidorn Housing Area ,[
citation needed ]
Ansbach
Dagger Complex ,
Darmstadt Training Center
Griesheim
Edelweiss Lodge and Resort ,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Lucius D. Clay Kaserne (formerly
Wiesbaden Army Airfield),
Wiesbaden-Erbenheim
Germersheim Army Depot ,[
citation needed ]
Germersheim
Grafenwöhr Training Area ,
Grafenwöhr /
Vilseck
Hohenfels Training Area /Joint Multinational Readiness Center,
Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate)
Husterhoeh Kaserne ,
Pirmasens
Kaiserslautern Military Community
Katterbach Kaserne ,
Ansbach
Kelley Barracks ,
Stuttgart
Kleber Kaserne ,[
citation needed ]
Kaiserslautern Military Community
Lampertheim Training Area ,[
citation needed ]
Lampertheim
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center ,
Landstuhl
McCully Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Wackernheim
Miesau Army Depot ,[
citation needed ]
Miesau
Oberdachstetten Storage Area ,[
citation needed ]
Ansbach
Panzer Kaserne ,
Böblingen
Patch Barracks ,
Stuttgart
Pulaski Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Kaiserslautern
Rhine Ordnance Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Kaiserslautern
Robinson Barracks ,
Stuttgart
Rose Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Vilseck
Sembach Kaserne ,
Kaiserslautern
Sheridan Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Shipton Kaserne ,
Ansbach
Smith Barracks ,[
citation needed ]
Baumholder
Storck Barracks ,
Illesheim
Stuttgart Army Airfield ,
Filderstadt
Mainz-Kastel
USAG Wiesbaden Military Training Area, Mainz ,
Gonsenheim /
Mombach
USAG Wiesbaden Training Area ,[
citation needed ]
Mainz Finthen Airport
USAG Wiesbaden Radar Station ,[
citation needed ]
Mainz Finthen Airport
Urlas Housing and Shopping Complex ,[
citation needed ]
Ansbach
Israel army bases
Italy army bases
Iraq army bases
Japan army bases
List of United States Army installations in Japan
Jordan army bases
Kosovo army bases
Kuwait army bases
Lithuania army bases
Palestine army bases
Poland army bases
Romania army bases
South Korea army bases
Syria army bases
Turkey army bases
United States Marine Corps
Domestic marine bases
Arizona marine bases
California marine bases
Florida marine bases
Georgia marine bases
Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands marine bases
Hawaii marine bases
North Carolina marine bases
South Carolina marine bases
Virginia marine bases
Washington, D.C.
Foreign marine bases
Germany marine bases
Japan marine bases
South Korea marine bases
United States Navy
Domestic naval bases
California naval bases
Connecticut naval bases
Florida naval bases
Georgia naval bases
Guam naval bases
Hawaii naval bases
Illinois naval bases
Indiana naval bases
Louisiana naval bases
Maine naval bases
Maryland naval bases
Mississippi naval bases
Nevada naval bases
New Jersey naval bases
New York naval bases
Rhode Island naval bases
South Carolina naval bases
Tennessee naval bases
Texas naval bases
Virginia naval bases
Washington naval bases
Washington, D.C. naval bases
Foreign naval bases
Bahamas naval bases
Bahrain naval bases
British Indian Ocean Territory naval bases
Cuba naval bases
Djibouti naval bases
Greece naval bases
Iceland naval bases
Italy naval bases
Japan naval bases
Poland naval bases
Romania naval bases
Singapore naval bases
South Korea naval bases
Spain naval bases
United States Air Force
Domestic air force bases
Alabama air force bases
Alaska air force bases
Arizona air force bases
Arkansas air force bases
California air force bases
Colorado air force bases
Delaware air force bases
Florida air force bases
Georgia air force bases
Guam air force bases
Hawaii air force bases
Bellows Air Force Station
Idaho air force bases
Illinois air force bases
Indiana air force bases
Kansas air force bases
Louisiana air force bases
Maryland air force bases
Massachusetts air force bases
Michigan air force bases
Mississippi air force bases
Missouri air force bases
Montana air force bases
Nebraska air force bases
Nevada air force bases
New Jersey air force bases
New Mexico air force bases
North Carolina air force bases
North Dakota air force bases
Ohio air force bases
Oklahoma air force bases
South Carolina air force bases
South Dakota air force bases
Tennessee air force bases
Texas air force bases
Utah air force bases
Virginia air force bases
Washington air force bases
Washington, D.C air force bases.
Wyoming air force bases
Foreign air force bases
Aruba air force bases
British Indian Ocean Territory air force bases
Canada air force bases
Curaçao air force bases
Estonia air force bases
Germany air force bases
Honduras air force bases
Italy air force bases
Japan air force bases
Kenya air force bases
Kuwait air force bases
Lithuania air force bases
Netherlands air force bases
Poland air force bases
Portugal air force bases
Qatar air force bases
Romania air force bases
Saudi Arabia air force bases
Somalia air force bases
South Korea air force bases
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus) air force bases
Spain air force bases
Turkey air force bases
United Arab Emirates air force bases
United Kingdom air force bases
United States Space Force
Domestic space force bases
Buckley Space Force Base ,
Colorado
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ,
Florida
Cape Cod Space Force Station ,
Massachusetts
Cavalier Space Force Station ,
North Dakota
Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station ,
Colorado
Clear Space Force Station ,
Alaska
Los Angeles Air Force Base ,
California
Kaena Point Space Force Station ,
Hawaii
New Boston Space Force Station ,
New Hampshire
Patrick Space Force Base ,
Florida
Peterson Space Force Base ,
Colorado
Schriever Space Force Base ,
Colorado
Vandenberg Space Force Base ,
California
Foreign space force bases
Greenland (Denmark) space force bases
United States Coast Guard
Domestic coast guard bases
Foreign coast guard bases
Bahrain coast guard bases
Cuba coast guard bases
Germany coast guard bases
Japan coast guard bases
Netherlands coast guard bases
Saudi Arabia coast guard bases
Singapore coast guard bases
United Kingdom coast guard bases
See also
Explanatory notes
^ 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.
^ 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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