Wretchard over at the Belmont club, notes this list of the six most important US overseas bases, as seen by Foreign Policy magazine.

Andersen Air Force Base & Apra Harbor, Guam;
Balad Air Base/Camp Anaconda, Iraq;
Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria;
Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory;
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba;
Manas Air Base, Kirgizstan

I note the following DoD press releases announcing the closing of logistics installations in Europe:
Bettembourg, Luxembourg
Hythe, United Kingdom
Eastcote and West Ruislip, United Kingdom.
Eygelshoven, Netherlands.

As the Roman Empire shifted troops off the Rhine to points east after the 1st Century AD in response to changing situations, so is the US shifting too.

Look for more of this in the coming years.

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