Members of the U.S. military are sitting ducks in the Middle East, and in December 2023, eighty-four members of the Senate voted to keep them there because fewer U.S. troops in the Middle East ...

During a House Armed Services Committee hearing prior to the congressional recess, Rep. Derek Schmidt (R-KS) questioned General Christopher G. Cavoli, the Commander of the U.S. European Command ...

The military presence translates to 191,519 full-time jobs that are supported, directly or indirectly, by the military along with $10.5 billion in income for state residents, according to the report.

As the numbers show, there was not a single country where the presence of U.S. military personnel did not increase during this period. The U.S. military has roughly 14,000 troops in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense announced the move that is widely seen as a way to deter China's influence in the region amid a visit to the Philippines by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.