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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of United Kingdom visiting forces based in the United States; and where they are based. [33571] Dr. Reid: [holding answer 9 March 1998]: The total number of UK forces currently based in the United States is 374. Their location, broken down by Service, is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Location Number of personnel Royal Navy/Royal Marines/Royal Fleet Auxillary Annapolis, MD 3 Groton, CT 2 Monterey, CA 2 Norfolk, VA 58 Newport, RI 4 Philadelphia, PA 3 San Diego, CA 10 Washington, DC 23 Patuxent River, MD 4 Bay St. Louis, MS 1 Jacksonville, FL 1 Dahlgren, VA 1 Pensacola, FL 4 Indian Head, MD 1 Corpus Christi, TX 1 Mayport, FL 2 Harrisburg, PA 1 Fallon, NV 1 Miami, FL 1 Cherry Point, NC 1 Quantico, VA 5 Jacksonville, NC 4 Oceanside, CA 1 Brunswick, ME 1 Bridgeport, CA 1 Key West, FL 1 Omaha, NE 2 United Nations, NY 1 Tampa, FL 1 Fort Gordon, GA 1 Total 142 Army Washington, DC 27 Fort Monroe, VA 2 Fort Lee, VA 2 Fort Eustis, VA 3 Chalottesville, VA 2 Suffolk, VA 1 Fort Bragg, GA 2 Fort Gordon, GA 1 Fort Stewart, GA 1 Fort Benning, GA 3 Orlando, FL 1 Fort Rucker, AL 4 Fort McClellan, AL 2 Vicksburg, MS 1 Fort Polk, LA 1 Fort Sam Houston, TX 1 Medina, San Antonio, TX 4 Fort Hood, TX 2 Fort Bliss, TX 4 Fort Worth, TX 1 Fort Sill, OK 3 Fort Huachuca, AZ 1 Fort Irwin, CA 1 Fort Leavenworth, KS 5 Fort Leonard Wood, MO 2 Fort Knox, KY 3 Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 1 Fort Drum, NY 1 West Point, NY 1 United Nations, NY 6 Fort Monmouth, NJ 1 Natick, MA 1 New Cumberland, PA 1 Carlisle College, PA 1 Baltimore, MD 1 St. Louis, IL 1 Student VMI 1 Total 96 Royal Air Force Washington, DC 26 Norfolk, VA 10 Philadelphia, PA 12 Marietta, GA 7 Chicago, IL 1 Wright Patterson AFB, OH 9 Lemoore, CA 2 Cherry Point, NC 3 Maxwell AFB, AL 4 Elmendorf AFB, AK 1 Whidbey Island, WA 1 Astoria, OR 1 Patuxent River, MD 3 Kelly AFB, TX 4 Scott AFB, IL 2 Hill AFB, UT 1 Charleston AFB, SC 1 Langley AFB, VA 4 Shepperd AFB, TX 2 Little Rock AFB, AR 1 Travis AFB, CA 3 Norfolk, VA 2 Hurlburt Field, FL 1 Seymore Johnson AFB, NC 2 Oceana, VA 2 Jacksonville, FL 1 United Nations, NY 1 Moody AFB, GA 1 Eglin AFB, FL 1 Kirkland AFB, NM 1 Luke AFB, AZ 3 Goodfellow AFB, MO 1 Miramar, CA 1 El Toro, CA 1 Lackland AFB, TX 2 Brooks AFB, TX 1 Barksdale AFB, LA 1 Yuma, AZ 2 Tinker AFB, OK 3 Edwards AFB, CA 1 USAF Academy (Co Springs), CO 1 Holloman AFB, NM 1 Peterson AFB, CO 1 USA Fort Rucker, AL 1 Robins AF, GA 1 Redstone Arsenal, AL 2 Las Vegas, NV 2 Los Angeles, CA 1 Total 136 Grand total 374 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: AFB--Air Force Base.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33571; 308 c147-8W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Training USA

Contains statistics

Yes