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http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/28/graphic-mapping-a-superpower-sized-military/"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed." Dwight D Eisenhower, 16th April 1953.
South Korea
There are some 28,000 to 28,500 US armed forces personnel in South Korea. Comprehensive details of Army, Air and Naval forces are available on this website:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-orbat-usfk.htm
This is a list of U.S. the 39 Army posts in South Korea:
Camp Nimble Source: http://www.wri-irg.org/node/7314
Source: of US base information on South Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea
For the number of US troops in South Korea by year since 1950 see: https://sites.google.com/site/nzdprksociety/number-of-us-troops-in-rok-by-year
110 bases in ROK are being consolidated down to 48 according to Stars and Stripes:
In particular Camp Humphreys near Pyeongtaek is being converted from a small helicopter installation into a sprawling base of 3,538 acres. At a cost of US$13 billion, this is said to be the largest construction project ever undertaken by the US Army.
Photos of Construction at Camp Humphreys:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usaghumphreys/sets/72157629656547277/with/6864688146/
For an aerial view of the Camp Humpreys construction: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jOdAcp-La_4/maxresdefault.jpg
Also:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2f/ec/e2/2fece2275e4b50de1d06037644d4b45a.jpg
Some interesting observations on the supposed reduction of bases in South Korea:
http://www.g2mil.com/casey.htm
New Jeju Naval Base: https://sites.google.com/site/nzdprksociety/jeju-naval-base-why
Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military
Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitutes_in_South_Korea_for_the_U.S._military
PLEASE ASK YOURSELF:
WHAT ON EARTH ARE ALL THESE BASES REALLY THERE FOR?
This is a list of bases in: Japan
It is reported that there are 50,000 US armed forces personnel stationed in Japan. Comprehensive details of Army, Air and Naval forces are available on this website:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-orbat-usfj.htm
List of Current USA Facilities in Japan
The USFJ headquarters is at Yokota Air Base, about 30 km west of central Tokyo.
The U.S. military installations in Japan and their managing branches are:
Air Force: (14)
Camp Chitose, Chitose, Hokkaido
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Prefecture
Kadena Ammunition Storage Area, Okinawa Prefecture
Misawa Air Base, Aomori Prefecture
Fuchu Communications Station, Fuchu, Tokyo
Tama Service Annex, Inagi, Tokyo
Yugi Communication Site, Hachioji, Tokyo
Camp Asaka AFN Transmitter Site, Saitama Prefecture
Tokorozawa Transmitter Site, Saitama Prefecture
Owada Communication Site, Saitama Prefecture
Okuma Rest Center, Okinawa Prefecture
Yaedake Communication Site, Okinawa Prefecture
Senaha Communication Station, Okinawa Prefecture
Army: (38)
Fort Buckner, Okinawa Prefecture
Yokohama North Dock, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Sagami General Depot, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Sagamihara Housing Area, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Akizuki Ammunition Depot, Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiro Ammunition Depot, Hiroshima Prefecture
Kawakami Ammunition Depot, Hiroshima Prefecture
Gesaji Communication Site, Okinawa Prefecture
Army POL Depots, Okinawa Prefecture
White Beach Area, Okinawa Prefecture
Hardy Barracks, Roppongi, Tokyo
Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Yamaguchi Prefectures. Although these camps are dispersed throughout Okinawa and Japan they are all under the heading of Camp Smedley D. Butler):
Camp Gonsalves (Jungle Warfare Training Center)
Higashionna Ammunition Storage Point II
Henoko Ordnance Ammunition Depot
Camp Foster, Okinawa Prefecture
Camp Lester, Okinawa Prefecture
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture
Numazu Training Area, Shizuoka Prefecture
Ie Jima Auxiliary Air Field, Okinawa Prefecture
Kadena Ammunition Storage Area
Navy: (14)
Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Ayase, Kanagawa
United States Fleet Activities Sasebo, Sasebo, Nagasaki
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Urago Ammunition Depot, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Tsurumi POL Depot, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Naval Housing Annex Negishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Naval Transmitter Station Totsuka, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Naval Support Facility Kamiseya, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Tomioka Storage Area, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Naval Housing Annex Ikego, Zushi, Kanagawa
White Beach Area, Okinawa Prefecture
Awase Communication Station, Okinawa Prefecture
Sobe Communication Site, Okinawa Prefecture
Source of US Base information in Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forces_Japan
For a map of main US bases in Japan look at this website and zoom in: http://www.enjoyingjapan.com/maps/geo/bases/index.htm
Some of the Bases in Japan
20% of the land area of Okinawa is taken up by US bases.
June 2016
53,000 troops in Japan (plus 43,000 dependents and 5,000 civilian workers). Roughly 40 percent of those facilities, half the people, and three-quarters of the base area are located on Okinawa, with just .6 percent of Japan’s land mass, in the southernmost and poorest prefecture.
PLEASE ASK YOURSELF:
WHAT ON EARTH ARE ALL THESE BASES REALLY THERE FOR?
For further information on US Military Installations see:
American overseas bases cost $170 billion a year, which excludes the cost of fighting units.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13261-picking-up-a-170-billion-tab-how-us-taxpayers-are-paying-the-pentagon-to-occupy-the-planet
"While bases may be costly for taxpayers, they are extremely profitable for the country’sprivateers of twenty-first-century war like DynCorp International and former Halliburton subsidiary KBR. As Chalmers Johnson noted, “Our installations abroad bring profits to civilian industries,” which win billions in contracts annually to “build and maintain our far-flung outposts.”
http://aep.typepad.com/american_empire_project/2015/09/garrisoning-the-globe.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=na&utm_content=-na_newsletter_newsletter&utm_campaign=9780805096811&et_cid=34314141&et_rid=1811338437&linkid=http%3a%2f%2faep.typepad.com%2famerican_empire_project%2f2015%2f09%2fgarrisoning-the-globe.html%3futm_source%3dnewsletter%26utm_medium%3dnewsletter%26utm_term%3dna%26utm_content%3d-na_newsletter_newsletter%26utm_campaign%3d9780805096811%23more#more
http://www.globalresearch.ca/pentagon-announces-worldwide-expansion-of-us-military-bases/5495167
Too Many Overseas Bases. David Vines
http://fpif.org/too_many_overseas_bases/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases
http://benefits.military.com/misc/installations/Browse_Location.jsp
The Worldwide Network of US Military Bases
The Global Deployment of US Military Personnel by Prof. Jules Dufour: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=5564
For more graphics Google: Images for US Bases
and also: Images for US Bases Korea
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE STRUCTURE REPORT, USA & OVERSEAS. Fiscal Year 2011
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/download/bsr/bsr2011baseline.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usaghumphreys/sets/72157629656547277/with/6864688146/
Read this book:
Base Nation: How US Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World. by David Vine
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