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Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:15 am to Jbird
Doesn't each embassy have military guards from its country?
Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:43 am to martiansgohome
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Wrong. Foreign militaries have permanent trainnig units in the U.S., and even more rotate units here to train. I just spent a month with a bunch of Japanese.
Yes our allies come here and train with US forces.
But not a fricking one of em has their own military base here. They don't come here and setup shop like we do in other countries. Which is what I assume the OP is getting at.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:47 am to StraightCashHomey21
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Yes
next question
No. At least not in the spirit the question was answered. You're smart enough to know what he was asking.
The answer is no, there are no foreign militaries in the United States although our allies send troops here to train quite often. We have operational combat units all over the globe, no other country has operational combat units in the US
Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:48 am to Boagni Swamp
quote:Not sure about every country but I would assume most do.
Doesn't each embassy have military guards from its country?
Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:51 am to martiansgohome
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Missles and planes can't take ground.
The running dog drones they drop can. We're at the point where we don't need ground troops. Just build a million of those scary looking dog robots with guns and let someone here control them
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:07 am to Downtown Devin Brown
The U.S. owns/operates forward bases in several countries. Off-hand, I believe the Navy still runs a base in Rota, Spain and in the Phillipines. I'm pretty sure the Army has one or more bases in Germany, and likely several more scattered about. As far as I know, these are primarily U.S. bases, though I'm sure these bases also have some contingent of the host country's military working on base with them. I don't really know, but doubt there's more than 10 or 20 such bases across the globe.
If we have military personnel in 150 countries, I suspect the vast majority will be military details that work out of the U.S. embassy in these countries, and maybe a small garrison. If there isn't a base, small garrison or embassy, there are two context I can think of to account for some of these countries:
1) Units or individuals that go to other countries (invited) for training.
2) Combat operations, whether openly known or covert.
With regards to foreign military on U.S. soil, I don't know of any actual bases (I consider a base to be fairly large). There may be some small garrisons here and there as OldWarSkule suggests, but I don't know.
Of course, there will be visiting units of ground and sea troops from other countries that visit our bases for training. And I'd imagine at least some foreign embassies here will have a small detail of their own military posted as guards.
If we have military personnel in 150 countries, I suspect the vast majority will be military details that work out of the U.S. embassy in these countries, and maybe a small garrison. If there isn't a base, small garrison or embassy, there are two context I can think of to account for some of these countries:
1) Units or individuals that go to other countries (invited) for training.
2) Combat operations, whether openly known or covert.
With regards to foreign military on U.S. soil, I don't know of any actual bases (I consider a base to be fairly large). There may be some small garrisons here and there as OldWarSkule suggests, but I don't know.
Of course, there will be visiting units of ground and sea troops from other countries that visit our bases for training. And I'd imagine at least some foreign embassies here will have a small detail of their own military posted as guards.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:08 am to Downtown Devin Brown
Flying over my property outside Dothan, AL.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:10 am to Downtown Devin Brown
As others have stated, we have agreements with many other nations where we allow them onto our bases and do joint training and such. The only foreign military that actually have their own bases here would be those that guard their embassies, which legally is not US territory anyway even though it is within the US.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:11 am to Downtown Devin Brown
NATO pilots train in North Texas, usually a 2 to 3 year tenure
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:12 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Germans, Australian, British, Japanese, Saudi Arabians, Georgians, Thai, Taiwanese, Turkish, and Afghans are a few of the countries that have personnel in the United States
Correct....this is a very few of the different foreign militaries in Merica
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:14 am to crimsonsaint
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They don't come here and setup shop like we do in other countries.
Thats because they dont subsidize the world like we do. Quid pro quo, we give you lots of stuff and money, you give us military base rights
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:19 am to Downtown Devin Brown
I'm sure there's some United nations troops lurking around here too. They should definitely be considered non friendly
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:20 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
yeah the 1st armored division of Germany is at Fort Bliss.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:22 am to Downtown Devin Brown
My unit trained with the British Royal Marines in 29 Palms, CA as part of desert training for them. Awesome guys BTW.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:24 am to epbart
basically every country the US ever beat in a war has a US base in it.
The US never lost a war, so no bases here.
(I know it's over simplified but it holds true)
The US never lost a war, so no bases here.
(I know it's over simplified but it holds true)
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:26 am to Downtown Devin Brown
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This blows my mind ... where are they located? Do they simply share our military bases?
Why does it blow your mind?
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:38 am to epbart
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If we have military personnel in 150 countries, I suspect the vast majority will be military details that work out of the U.S. embassy in these countries, and maybe a small garrison. If there isn't a base, small garrison or embassy, there are two context I can think of to account for some of these countries:
Yea, people throw out that stat like it means something but in the vast majority of those countries, it's just a small garrison or outpost or joint thing. Only about 14 countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, UK, Turkey, Djibouti, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, and Australia) have any sizable number of American servicemen there. We have good geopolitical reasons to be in all those places.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:41 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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All of those I listed are specifically trained at Fort Rucker. The Germans have a garrison at Fort Bliss, TX.
Germans love them some Texas.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 12:10 pm to Downtown Devin Brown
I don't recall any other countries having full fledged bases like we do in other countries, but I know that they send units to designated places for training purposes. Here at my base I see Australians, Canadians, and Germans.
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