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Ranking America's Latest Troop Commitment

Jan 19, 2010 – 6:55 PM
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(Jan. 19) – The estimated 11,000 troops to be sent to Haiti in the next few weeks to aid in recovery efforts has meant yet another significant military commitment from the United States – even as thousands more troops are being sent to Afghanistan. As of September, the U.S. military had 379,000 troops stationed in 150 countries around the world, with Iraq and Afghanistan accounting for 60 percent of this level. The deployment of troops to Haiti makes it host to the sixth largest contingent of American forces outside of the United States:

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