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had the most troops overseas during the Vietnam War era. The remainder (14%) were in other locations, such as at sea or between territories.

Nearly one-in-seven active-duty members were in the Middle East and North Africa (13%) and 3% were in sub-Saharan Africa or the Americas (excluding the U.S. Asian countries had the highest share of overseas troops (38%), while around a third were deployed to Europe (32%). active-duty military presence worldwide in 2016. Regionally, Asia and Europe accounted for 70% of the U.S. (While this analysis begins in 1957 for consistency, earlier data show there were nearly 327,000 total Defense Department personnel in Korea as of J– just before the Korean Armistice Agreement established a new border between North and South Korea.) And there were 71,043 personnel stationed in South Korea in 1957, nearly triple the military presence in 2016. military presence in Germany peaked at 274,119 in 1962, nearly eight times its level last year. has had personnel stationed in Germany and South Korea, two of its military allies, for several decades, yet the number of active-duty troops in each country is at a modern low. Of the top five countries, Afghanistan is the only one in open conflict, an issue that President Donald Trump addressed in a speech Monday. The five countries with the largest active-duty U.S. That’s the smallest number and share of active-duty members overseas since at least 1957, the earliest year with comparable data, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of information from the Defense Manpower Data Center, a statistical arm of the Department of Defense. Of these, 193,442 – or 15% – were deployed overseas. There were around 1.3 million total active-duty U.S. forces, has occurred in multiple countries – including South Korea, which has become a focus of attention amid escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea. The decline, reflecting a broader one in active-duty U.S. military troops stationed overseas has dipped below 200,000 for the first time in at least 60 years.