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HOBOTNICA SMRTI & ZLA (U.S. Military Bases Around The World) Flight MH370 & Diego Garcia Military Base (OCR)
HOBOTNICA SMRTI & ZLA (U.S. Military Bases Around The World) Flight MH370 & Diego Garcia Military Base (OCR)
HOBOTNICA SMRTI & ZLA (U.S. Military Bases Around The World) Flight MH370 & Diego Garcia Military Base (OCR)
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I Bah11rnas: Two small !bases: An airfield il!t Mayag u<~na. whi.dl !he U.S.
used!for missile t racking during Apoll'o and Mercury spau ~rograms ,
and: a nava'l station ~~~ .Andros Island. U.S. Navy SEALs help ~rain
llltlmberii of Royal Bahamas l!l&fem:e Forre i ~ !>p@Cial naval
warfar~ (!be coonhv doos mot ltdvll' an army or ai~ fore!!').
The United Sta-les is estimated to have anythingfrom 700 military bases armmd
the wm'ld to mme than l ;OOO. They include everythingfimn smaU drone sites on
du.styfore:ign.. ai1:flelds to the spra.roling BagramAir Base in
fifghanistan with nwre than 20 000 troops.
1 ~laSkar. !Four active military rinstallations and thre!l' coost guard lbase~
indu~ ing thll' .ioi nt Air Fo~~ Army base at EJmendorfRicbardson, near
Anc!Lorage, and Fort Greely, an Arm~ launch silt:e for anti-ballistic
missiles, which spe.ci aliz~~"S rill c~hl-weath e-r weapc~ n s testing,. being
10(1llted in me or ~he state's ~aldest ar~
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1 Honduras: counter-narootenrorlsm
o.perations haYe led to beefed-u p sp.endlng.
f he:re are M least three bas.es, includl ng a
IJ.S. Special Fo.rce operating base at soto
Cano. a forward-operating base at
Caratasca an~ a coun1ter-narro-terrorism
opera,tions base at Guanaia lslancl on thll'
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iblilean oout. The Sol:o Cano. airlieldl
se-rved! as a way-station for the plane that
whisked Pres i den~ Manuell .Zeilaya oul of
IHionduras during a 2009 militlllY oou p.
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1 Afric:a: Recent press reponls say tht! U.S. is focusing more on ,Africa, as
well as tile Middle East to "fight t<t!nrorismi" and , protect oil" resources. I ~
Africa, llli.S. bases are to focus on Uganda, Djibouti, Se.negal and Sao Toml!
and Pri nci~e , wlll!r@ flexible, ~malkcal e "jumpi ~g -oft points exist or are to
bl! boilt. Tile Se nl!:gi!I~S!! military fore!! already r@C@ives most of its t raining1
equl pment. and su ~port from the United States and France. The Associated
Press said an existing base in Entll'bbe, Uganda, i5 C!lvering East Africa.and
the Great Lam r~iDIL A bil6e in Dji bouti monitors terrorist groops., A ~
in Sao Tome and Principe would allow the U.S. to mooi1
tor the nnDYement of
oil tanlters and protect oil ~latfurms.
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1:1 UNITED STATES ARMY
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OVERSEAS LOCATIONS*
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