Trump orders U.S. troop cut in Germany

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to pull around 9,500 troops from Germany has caused dismay among NATO allies in Europe, who continue to express concerns about the threat posed by Russia


U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY

TOTAL 34,674
Army 20,774
Air Force 12,980
Others 920

Trump reportedly wants troop levels capped at 25,000 – reduction of more than one quarter from current levels


MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
U.S. Army Garrison (USAG)
U.S. Air Force base
Number of U.S. military personnel in each USAG

Around 17,000 U.S. civilian employees support USAGs


Büchel Air Base
Holds estimated 20 U.S. nuclear weapons as part of “nuclear sharing agreement”

Spangdahlem

Ramstein
Control centre for drone strikes in Middle East.
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is largest military hospital outside continental U.S.

USAG Rheinland-Pfalz 
~7,000

USAG Wiesbaden
HQ of U.S. Army Europe
~2,100

USAG Ansbach
~4,400

USAG Bavaria 
World’s largest overseas U.S. Army base
~10,700

USAG Stuttgart
HQ of U.S. European Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa
~4,600

FRANCE
SWITZ.
Frankfurt
Berlin
POLAND
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRIA

100km 60 miles


Sources: U.S. Army, DW, AP, Reuters
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