Mark Yannone - Arizona, District 3, 2004 Congressional Candidate, independent - click to return to home page
Issues - National Defense - Military and Overseas Government Installations - The Numbers Game
According to the Department of Defense Base Structure Report dated 30 September 2002 (the last complete report), the United States military stateside and overseas government installations number more than 700. Note that this list does not include embassies, missions, peacekeeping installations, and other non-military government offices located here and abroad.

The following figures are taken from the DOD Base Structure Report. After reviewing these figures, be sure to review the actual list of installations.
Service Branch
Location
Number of Buildings
Acreage
Current Market Value
Air Force Stateside
75,684
8,847,636
150,981,000,000
Air Force Overseas
9,576
306,143
39,366,100,000
Army Stateside
119,433
15,131,836
182,757,200,000
Army Overseas
26,108
208,569
46,277,700,000
Coast Guard Stateside
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
Coast Guard Overseas
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
Marines Stateside
24,047
1,564,874
27,098,700,000
Marines Overseas
3,356
85,066
6,466,400,000
Navy Stateside
58,713
2,069,956
117,514,200,000
Navy Overseas
5,833
101,994
21,060,000,000
Department of Defense Overseas
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
TOTALS
322,750
28,316,074
591,521,300,000
Note:  The Coast Guard is considered part of the Department of Transportation, except during times of war when it becomes part of the Department of Defense.
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