Illinois National Guard unit plays vital role in U.S. military operations in Somalia

Other Operations Insurrection Act Locale Dates US Forces JTF Haiti Haitir 15 Aug 2021 ongoing Faithful Patriot Mexican Border Oct 2018 ongoing Korea Korea 25 Jun 1950 Ongoing USFK Order of Battle Current List Prior List Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) North America 1950 Ongoing Freedom ...

3 weeks ago - The following regional tables provide detail of where personnel from six branches of the US military are currently deployed. These numbers do not include any military or civilian contractors or their dependents. Additionally, countries in which US military are engaged in active combat operations ...

April 2, 2025 - The United States maintains the largest active troop presence abroad of any country in the world, with over 170,000 active duty military personnel stationed overseas as of March 2021.

2 weeks ago - This timeline of United States military operations, based in part on reports by the Congressional Research Service, shows the years and places in which United States Armed Forces units participated in armed conflicts or occupation of foreign territories. Items in bold are wars most often considered ...

A. Operation INHERENT RESOLVE and other U.S. military actions related to Iraq ... In addition to efforts to defeat ISIS, U.S. forces in 2021 undertook certain actions in Iraq and

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Operations and Exercises

Anthropologist and Costs of War Director Stephanie Savell (Senior Fellow, Brown University) documents that, between 2021 and 2023, the U.S. government conducted counterterrorism operations in 78 countries. These operations include ground combat in at least nine countries and air strikes in ...

September 10, 2021 - While no US troops remain on the ground today, US President Joe Biden said that his military will continue to conduct air raids against enemy targets from “over-the-horizon” – air missions from a vast network of US bases around the region.

On January 2, 2020, the U.S. launched ... Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. The Department of Defense (DoD) added that no civilian casualties were reported under the US military operations in Libya and Yemen civil wars respectively.[38] 2021:February 2021 United States airstrike ...

Operation Enduring Sentinel, initiated on October 1, 2021 to counter terrorist threats from · Afghanistan, remains ongoing. For additional information, see the following CRS Products: CRS In Focus IF10539, Defense · Primer: Legal Authorities for the Use of Military Forces, by Jennifer K.

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December 11, 2018 - The infographic reveals for the first time that the U.S. is now operating in 40 percent of the world's nations

August 5, 2025 - Part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021. Beyond the traditional military services, military forces include the new Space Force as well as Special Operations Forces (SOF, which functions as a quasi-service), Department of Defense (DOD) civilians (which perform many functions that military personnel perform in other countries), and contractors (which form a permanent element of the national security establishment, not only in the United States proper but also on overseas battlefields).

The number of United States military personnel deployed around the world has varied through history. The operation in Afghanistan had dominated international news since 2001, before it ended in 2021. Apart from troops deployed in the United States and U.S. territories, the contingent in East Asia and the Pacific was the largest with 81,000 military personnel.

But really the way that the military was designed in the post-Vietnam all-volunteer force era the Guard and Reserve—and we tend to think about the Guard and Reserve, you know, broadly speaking, as since they’re both groups of citizen soldiers, the Guard and Reserve is an integral aspect of all U.S. military deployments overseas. I mean, we basically have sized the active-duty force in such a way that a lot of the support and enablers that it needs to operate are located in the Guard and Reserve, and there was a certain amount of calculation there with military leaders after Vietnam especially thinking, I think, wrongly in retrospect, but thinking that if they integrated the Guard and Reserve more into operations that would make presidents more hesitant to deploy troops overseas because it would have an impact on communities across the nation.

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1 week ago - Resolute Support (2015–2021) RSM — NATO-led training, advising, and assistance mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Operation Allied Welcome (2021–present) — Evacuation of US citizens, green card holders, Special Immigrant ...