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July 11th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
3) Germany
British forces will have all left Germany by 2020. However, there remains a
significant presence, with the Rhine Garrison as the head quarters.
The US also has 48,000 soldiers in Germany.
4) Gibraltar
The army has had a presence on the Rock for over 300 years, although the last
UK-based infantry battalion left in 1991. It is now home to the Royal
Gibraltar Regiment, and acts as a Joint Operating Base for UK operations in
the region.
5) Kenya
An army training unit in Nanyuki, 200km north of Nairobi, has 56 permanent
staff and 110 rotating staff members, who work with the troops coming in to
train.
Britain also has a peace support team in Kenya, working on security sector
reform and mine removal.
6) Sierra Leone
Established in 2002 at the end of the civil war, Britain has a military
advisory and training centre on the outskirts of Freetown.
7) Falklands
A combined force of army, navy and RAF is based on the islands.
8) Brunei
An infantry battalion and a Bell 212 helicopter flight are based in Brunei,
which is used as a centre for jungle warfare training.
9) Canada
The training area in Alberta is equivalent in size to all the main training
areas used by the British forces in the UK and Europe. Around 1000 tanks and
armoured vehicles are kept there to train 7000 troops each year.
USA:
10) South Korea
There are 28,500 American troops based in Seoul, at the Yongsan Garrison. They
will move to Camp Humphreys, 40 miles south of the capital, later this year.
11) Japan
Okinawa is home to about half of America’s 50,000 troops stationed in Japan.
12) Guam
Andersen Air Force base is home to bomber crews, while nuclear submarines are
also housed here.
13) UK
America operates out of six RAF bases in the UK. RAF Croughton is one of the
largest military communications centres in Europe, and handles 30pc of all
US military traffic within Europe.
14) Diego Garcia
A British overseas territory, the island was home to the Chagossians – who
were expelled by the British between 1968 and 1973 to make way for the
American base. It is now uninhabited, except for military personnel.
15) Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Cuba granted America complete jurisdiction and control over this remote part
of the island in 1903, although Cuba retains sovereignty. It is home to the
Guantánamo Bay detention camp, opened in 2002 to hold prisoners from the “War
on Terror”.
16) Qatar
Approximately 5,000 troops are stationed between three bases and the US
Combined Air Operations Centre. Most American troops left Saudi Arabia in
2003, at the end of the Gulf War, and Qatar is now one of their main
centres. They also have troops stationed in Bahrain (home to the Fifth
Fleet), Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Yemen. Overall in the Arabian Gulf region
there are reportedly 40,000 American servicemen.
RUSSIA:
17) Ukraine
Sevastopol is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet – the largest subunit of the
navy.
18) Syria
Russia maintains a navy logistics centre in Tartus, with 16 ships. It is the
only base outside of the former USSR. In January Russia was forced to deny
that it was withdrawing its personnel from the base, and emphasise that the
centre was staffed by civilians, not military staff.
19) Tajikistan
Over 7,000 Russian troops are based in Tajikistan, making it their largest
base in Central Asia. The present contract between Russia and Tajikistan
ends in 2014, but a new agreement has been signed which remains in force
until 2042.
FRANCE:
20) Abu Dhabi
France opened its first military base in the Gulf in 2009 – the first foreign
military installation built by the French for 50 years, and its first centre
in a country which was not a colony. It is home to 500 troops.
21) Djibouti
Home to France’s largest base in Africa, plus a major US base.
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