Misplaced Pages

List of American military installations

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
List of Military Bases Operated by the U.S. Armed Forces

Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States
WashingtonOregonCaliforniaHawaiiAlaskaIdahoVermontNew HampshireMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutNew JerseyDelawareMarylandDistrict of ColumbiaMontanaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaNevadaUtahArizonaWyomingColoradoNew MexicoNebraskaKansasOklahomaTexasMinnesotaIowaMissouriArkansasLouisianaMichiganWisconsinIllinoisIndianaOhioWest VirginiaKentuckyTennesseeMississippiAlabamaGeorgiaFloridaSouth CarolinaNorth CarolinaVirginiaMarylandMarylandDistrict of ColumbiaDelawareNew YorkPennsylvaniaNew JerseyConnecticutRhode IslandMassachusettsNew HampshireVermontMaine

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:Former military installations of the United States.

A military installation is the basic administrative unit into which the U.S. Department of Defense groups its infrastructure, and is statutorily defined as any “base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction … operational control of the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Defense.” An installation or group of installations may, in turn, serve as a base, which DOD defines as “a locality from which operations are projected or supported.”

The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. Most of foreign military installations are located in NATO countries, Middle East countries, South Korea, Australia, Japan.

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. The Naming Commission was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, and renaming began in December 2022.

Countries with United States military bases and facilities

Joint bases

Domestic joint bases

Foreign joint bases

Australia joint bases

Iraq joint bases

Main articles: List of United States military installations in Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve § Military bases, and Military intervention against ISIL aerial order of battle
  • There are approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Iraq, spread across several facilities in Iraq and other bases in Iraqi Kurdistan, being used as training bases for Iraqi and Kurdish forces as well as launching operations against targets in Syria.

Syria joint bases

Main articles: Operation Inherent Resolve § Military bases, and American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
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. These soldiers withdrew from Syria to western Iraq in October 2019. 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. 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.

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".

United States Army

See also: List of former United States Army installations

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.

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

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

Bulgaria army bases

Main article: Bulgarian–American Joint Military Facilities

Cameroon army bases

Egypt army bases

Germany army bases

Main article: List of United States Army installations in Germany

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

Main article: List of United States Army installations in Kuwait

Lithuania army bases

Poland army bases

Romania army bases

South Korea army bases

Syria army bases

Turkey army bases

United States Marine Corps

Main article: List of United States Marine Corps installations

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

Main article: List of United States Navy installations

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

Main article: List of United States Air Force installations

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

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 (United Kingdom) air force bases

Canadian 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

Marshall Islands air force bases

Netherlands air force bases

Poland air force bases

Portugal air force bases

Qatar air force bases

Romania air force bases

Somalia air force bases

South Korea air force bases

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) 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

Alaska space force bases

California space force bases

Colorado space force bases

Florida space force bases

Hawaii space force bases

Massachusetts space force bases

New Hampshire space force bases

North Dakota space force bases

Foreign space force bases

Ascension Island (United Kingdom) space force bases

Greenland (Denmark) space force bases

United States Coast Guard

Domestic coast guard bases

Main articles: List of United States Coast Guard stations and United States Coast Guard Air Stations

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

See also

History of the United States
expansion and influence
Colonialism

Militarism

Foreign policy

Concepts

Explanatory notes

References

  1. "10 USC 2801: Scope of chapter; definitions". uscode.house.gov. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ Nicastro, Luke, and Tilghman, Andrew. U.S. Overseas Basing: Background and Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service, July 10, 2024.
  3. ""History"". U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ Chirico 2014, p. 70.
  5. Vine 2017.
  6. Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
  7. The Naming Commission
  8. Defense Secretary Austin orders renaming of military bases with Confederate ties
  9. "The US Military Presence in Australia: Asymmetrical Alliance Cooperation and its Alternatives | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus". apjjf.org.
  10. "America's military presence is growing in Australia. That might not be a good thing". NewsComAu. 1 October 2016.
  11. "Title | 2016 Defence White Paper | Department of Defence".
  12. "United States submarine arrives at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia". 24 April 2022.
  13. Kopp, Carlo (25 February 2012). "Basing Infrastructure Considerations in the Defence of Australia's Indian Ocean Approaches". Air Power Australia Analyses. IX (1): 1.
  14. "U.S. Completes Troop-Level Drawdown in Afghanistan, Iraq". 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  15. "US to Set Up 5 Military Bases in Iraqi Kurdistan Region". farsnews. 18 July 2016.
  16. "بالانفوغراف.. تعرف على الجنود والقواعد الامريكية في العراق" (in Arabic). alsumaria. 8 February 2018.
  17. "Trump' Syria Troop Withdrawal Complicated Plans for al-Baghdadi Raid - The New York Times". The New York Times. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  18. "Remarks by President Trump to Troops at Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar Province, Iraq". whitehouse.gov. 26 December 2018 – via National Archives.
  19. "Russia and U.S. engage in military base race in Syria". defensenews.com. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  20. "Anadolu Agency's map of U.S. bases in Syria infuriates The Pentagon". orient-news.net. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  21. "US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq, says Pentagon chief". BBC News. 20 October 2019.
  22. "Assad Forces Surge Forward in Syria as U.S. Pulls Back". The New York Times. 14 October 2019.
  23. "Trump Said to Favor Leaving a Few Hundred Troops in Eastern Syria". The New York Times. 20 October 2019.
  24. "Update-al-Jaafari: We demand immediate and unconditional withdrawal of foreign forces from Syrian territory". Syrian Arab News Agency. 22 December 2017.
  25. "Frequently Asked Questions - Army National Guard".
  26. DIANE Publishing Company (1 October 1995). Defense Base Closure And Realignment Commission: Report To The President 1995. DIANE Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7881-2461-7.
  27. "DDJC - Sharpe" (PDF). Superfund. Environmental Protection Agency. October 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  28. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (29 May 2013). Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California. Duke University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8223-9574-4.
  29. Carol A. Jensen (2006). Byron Hot Springs. Arcadia Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7385-4700-8.
  30. "Historic Posts, Camps, Stations, and Airfields, Tracy Facility, Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin". californiamilitaryhistory.org. The California State Military Museum. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  31. "Delaware National Guard 2011 Lottery for the Use of the Bethany Beach Training Site" (PDF). Delaware National Guard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  32. ^ "Public Access to Army National Guard Training Areas" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  33. "NATO Headquarters Sarajevo". jfcnaples.nato.int. NATO. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  34. Kimmons, Sean (27 November 2017). "Isolated from US military, small Army post looks to rid terrorism in West Africa". Army News Service.
  35. Vick, Karl; Klein, Aaron J. (30 May 2012). "How a U.S. Radar Station in the Negev Affects a Potential Israel-Iran Clash". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  36. "Lithuania opens training camp for US troops in bid to draw Washington's attention". lrt.lt. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  37. سورية: مقتل مدني في مدينة أريحا في قصف لقوات النظامغازي عنتابمحمد كركص
  38. "MCI Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea". www.mcipac.marines.mil.
  39. "NSA Annapolis". cnic.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  40. "Naval Support Activity Bethesda". Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  41. "Welcome to Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island". cnic.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  42. "Naval Support Facility Redzikowo". cnic.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  43. "Naval Support Facility Deveselu". cnic.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  44. "Singapore Area Coordinator". cnic.navy.mil. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  45. "Camp Simba conducts inaugural flag ceremony". usafe.af.mil. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  46. Laming, Tim (2000). UK Airports and Airfields. Ramsbury UK: Airlife Publishing (Crowood Press). pp. 106–107. ISBN 1-85310-978-9.
  47. "The Long Blue Line: GITMO Lighthouse standing the watch for 120 years, still Semper Paratu". www.mycg.uscg.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  48. "Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) Program". www.africom.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  49. "Activities Far East (FEACT)". www.pacificarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  50. "Activities Europe: Schinnen, The Netherlands". www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  51. "Coast Guard Maritime Infrastructure Protection force - Training Advisory Group (MIPF-TAG) Dammam, Saudi Arabia | USCG Veteran Locator". coastguard.togetherweserved.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  52. "Marine Inspection Detachment (MIDET)". www.pacificarea.uscg.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

Sources

Further reading

External links

United States Armed Forces
Legend
A = Army
MC = Marine Corps
N = Navy
AF = Air Force
SF = Space Force
CG = Coast Guard
Leadership
Components
Military departments
Service branches and heads
Reserve components
Civilian auxiliaries
Unified combatant command
Structure
Operations
and history
History
Timeline
Demographics
History centers
War artists
Personnel
Training
Uniforms
Ranks
Other
Equipment
Land
Sea
Air
Other
Categories: