@@SilvanaDil "smarter" "braver" "more creative" really doubt that mate. The amount of money they waste in worthless crap, if they tried running a company they'd go bankrupt overnight. Government always live as parasites off industrialists that take care of themselves.
I feel the need for a point of clarification; the DoD knows exactly how much money they spend and how big they are, but they will never fully pass a full audit because of how many severely projects they have. There is just information that can’t be filled and it will leave gaps that cause them to “fail” an audit. Nothing everything can be publicly accounted for
An audit would mean revealing every secret technological project...they can't and will never do that. They can say, however, "this much money" goes to the military...which is very broad and non-specific.
@@ovo_daedae6678 Yes they do but this is also a known quantity. Government budgets are public information and every dollar is accounted for. Even the secret classified budget funds are easy to calculate. Just subtract every listed spending item from the total amount of money used. It's in the tens of billions of dollars which is a lot of money but not that much for the US budgets. When it comes to the US military, the money comes from 3 main areas. The general defense budget, emergency or provisional supplemental spending such as war budgets for Iraq and Afghanistan, and finally the classified budget which is not listed publicly but is much smaller than the first two types of funding.
@@adams8135 "Home" is hardly the right way to put it 😂. I'm of Scot ancestry. When my family came here during the highland clearances, they weren't exactly part of Britain. Glad not, otherwise I wouldn't be in the U.S.
@@Zakvadr1995 Yet got beat by the Vikingr and a bunch of hunters and farmers in the U.S colonies. I like you're comment though. True as fuck, but not for a LONG time 😂
@@rouletteeth yes..its so ready thats one thing...somebody didn't put the right code in the cash cage...2 seconds swarmed by military police..funny though b.c my som was fearful of a nuke b.c of a game (dont get on me ive learned and hes 10 now) but a few yrs ago he was so afraid so I drove him to the base and showed him were safe
I live like 10 minutes outside a military base in Belgium and I think it's super sick. Also you feel super safe. Glad we're part of NATO otherwise it would be scary I think.
@@brve_he4rt29 The MPs when someone put in the wrong code: “oop, looks like someone put in the wrong code. *Alright everyone this is code red emergency. Get as many men as we can down there before they steal our stripper fund. This is not a drill I repeat this is not a drill*
Original Human: Is concerned America's military is so vast, it can't keep track of it. Some poor bastard in the Adeptus Munitorum trying to crunch numbers for the Imperial Guard: Lucky bastards. Those are rookie numbers!
Never served in the US military for health reasons, but my family have either served or been contracted. Lived near an air training base my entire life. So always hearing helicopters and jet’s flying all times of the day. Sorta became white noise now
The US was dragged into TWO World Wars because of places like Europe. Both times we had to cross the gauntlet, a shooting gallery bringing troops and supplies over. When the 2nd World War transitioned into the Cold War keeping bases and forces readily close makes sense.
I think the Pentagon and the DoD know exactly what the numbers are, they just don't want to tell anyone the exact figures, kinda like telling people exact specs on military tech. Who knows though maybe they don't which would be kinda crazy xD
You can look up how much we spend on our military as well as how many bases we have, but you're absolutely right. The number of bases especially, is likely higher considering the amount of "top secret" military installations that the public and the vast majority of troops, including this Marine, knows nothing about, and in my opinion we shouldn't. Mr. Original ate up of bunch of bs...simple as that. Bottom line, the DOJ knows...they kind of put them there.
@@returningfire2037 I agree completely. Why should the average citizen know all of this stuff? If the average citizen knows, then so do any potential enemies since information travels at the speed of light across the globe.
Good point. I mean, the military classifies seemingly insignificant things like the lens type on satellites so I guess they really wouldn't want to share their exact figures. Maybe that 2018 audit failed on purpose.
There is an estonian youtuber who actually likes the fact that they have an intimidation factor against Russia. I think it's interesting cause you only really hear bad things about US bases, which IS understandable
The primary reason that there cannot be a full and complete accounting of the US military's "footprint" is due to secrecy and black operations. Even if an accounting process has the proper personnel to review the parts of the Pentagon budget that are black, there are compartmentalized programs even they will still not have access to, and the final product of such an accounting would be so redacted so as to be useless.
As someone currently stationed at a RAF base in England, the US government "leases" the land/base from the host country. Its technically still a RAF base, however in 4 years here I've only seen a couple RAF guys on base.
Capt. Price said you draw the line where you need too, yes choices have to be made sometimes not the best. You can never please all sides, only hope you just made the best choice at the time also knowing there will be an after effect. Then plan and prep for that, but nothing goes to plan so it's a never ending rotating and spinning ball.
I'm in the military. I'd like to point out the way classified material works. Anyone who wants to view classified information must have an equivalent or higher clearance. *And* they also have to have a reason to know that information. They do this so there's a very narrow margin that allows the discharge (negligent or otherwise) of classified information. If a Brigadier General, Major General, etc doesn't _need_ to know something classified they won't and likely wouldn't even know what they don't know. What this means is that in order for an audit to happen, examining the amount of spending (may be classified) on specific programs (may be classified), international installation locations (may be classified), technology the money is spent on (probably classified), etc they would need at least a Top Secret clearance. *And* they would also be receiving and analyzing a huge amount of likely classified information while not being in a high position in the DoD or government in general most likely. They would know more secrets than most generals even know. They would be a bottleneck for classified info and a huge vector for negligent discharge of classified information or espionage. The amount of red tape involved in auditing the military would likely be crazy and take forever to sort out. I highly doubt they just didn't have the answers. It's way more likely they just didn't want that info out there to keep the enemy guessing and to avoid national security issues.
When I was in the Navy, my first foreign port of call was the Philippines. The guys that had been there before were showing us noobs the ropes, Our firat stop was a nice Philippine restaurant and they started explaining the different dishes were. Suddenly one guy bellows out he wanted American food. We sent him back to the base. Later on I found out there was a Dominos in town but it's very different than what we know. They used goat cheese for example. It was still very good and a popular place to eat.
@@jomaridelapaz3404 I still preferred local foods most of the time. I remember the first time I ordered shrimp. They were nearly as big as lobster with their heads and legs still attached. It was shocking. I wasn't expecting that. Once they were trimmed down, they were great. Trying new foods was about my favorite part of being in the Navy.
I don't know that the government isn't that good about keeping secrets. I mean, how could you tell? If they were really good at keeping secrets, then you wouldn't know. I'm guessing that maybe the government doesn't have all those elaborate conspiracy type secrets like you see on T.V. It's like how T.V. always has extremely beautiful spy's going to elaborate parties and extravagant nightclubs in exotic locations with expensive clothing. In real life it's average people, in jeans, living in small apartments, visiting dirty places.
I live in Northern Ireland, and the RAF Airbase Aldergrove had hundreds of Globe masters landing and taking off. Its the first Military Airfield that the US can land at flying across the Atlantic.
Hey! German soldier here! A thing I wanted to ask you: in your military time did you ever visit Germany? Or one of the British military bases here in Germany?
I used to visit my favorite relatives who were living and working in a US Air Force base.. We usually stayed for weeks there. TBH it wasn't very loud except patrol helps come and go, big transport trucks passing by. It was peaceful there just like an ordinarily huge subdivision with it's own airport/runway. You can see our nation's and America's flag almost on every house
I went to the island of Diego Garcia when I was in the service serving in Afghanistan. It’s actually a British territory. It’s a beautiful island with a large Bay suitable for large ships. When I went to the beach there were chickens running all over it and I saw signs saying not to harm the chickens that they were British property. I asked someone about it and the said that during ww2 the British released them so that they would have a viable food source for troops should supply lines ever become disrupted.
In Germany the Bases are sometimes remainders from the postwar era. But most of them are actually new and Germany allows them to because they want to keep a good relationship and also so that the US defends them.
When you think about it, it makes complete and perfect sense that the USA has so many bases in Korea, Japan, and Germany. These bases are not just "holdovers from World War 2" as the video maker dismisses. Most of the bases are there because there are real threats nearby, and having US military personnel in those places deters those threats from being more threatening. OK, granted that the focus of the NATO vs Russia "competition" has moved to the east with the entry of Poland and other nations, but Germany is still a focal point in Europe for NATO's need to defend against the aspirations of Putin and his crowd. As for Japan and Korea, the threat posed by North Korea and its sponsors in China to Japan and South Korea...not to mention Taiwan...requires the US be there in force to support our allies in the region.
So I was on one of those small dots in Africa in 2016 when civil war broke out in S Sudan, which necessitated a evacuation of the US embassy there. We were able to evacuate the embassy in a very short timeframe, because, rather than having to fly Marines and supplies from the US, we had the means in Djibouti. What I think a lot of people don't understand that haven't been in the military, is that the Navy gets called for a capsized boat, the Air Force aids in searching for downed aircraft. The Army helps with disaster relief. There are plenty of noncombat missions the military helps to fulfill. Although OH is right, it's also so if something pops off in -insert random place here-, we're there on short notice.
I had an inventory or audit job that took me to over 50 bases in Europe and The middle East. I've also been to 60+ here in the states. It still blows my mind to know how many bases we have all over the world. It's a little slice of America in every base...
I agree with you on that best friends thing. I got out a decade ago, but I remember refuelling in Ireland and they treated us as family. Australians rolled in, we'd just hand over our weapons so they could check them out. Brits gave us some of our best intel. We got pissed off because they got drunk and there was incident and they got kicked off the base and we were ALL like "Dude, you can't just do that. The commonwealth is a friend!"
I’m late AGAIN! (I really need to turn notifications on!) But, anyway America is basically the son that moved out when it was 18 and wanted to be on its own lol we were the “black sheep” of the family 😂 BUT what is really interesting is that the British (we still love our family across the pond ❤️) was such a BIG country in numbers compared to the British (American) colonies. Then 100s of years later WE outnumbered the British and Britain and the U.S. have relied on each other HEAVILY throughout history. Such as WW1 and WW2 when America came to Britain’s defense (as well as NATO and the oppressed countries aid.) then during 9/11 the queen actually broke a 600 year tradition and actually played the U.S. anthem at Buckingham Palace (until then only the British national anthem was played.) and that the British was the second largest military (the first being the U.S.) to declare war on terrorism. So we have had some rough history but, we always have (and hopefully always will.) stick together. (As well as our cousins in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.) who interestingly make up the “Five Eyes”. Anyway sorry for this long history lesson but, once I get going I can’t stop! 😂❤️ Whoops here I go again 🙃😬 I thought I should let you know that I think you have a good heart and love your vids! ALSO I think I and the rest of our cult 😂 would love if you would do more oversimplified videos! Also congratulations on your U.S. citizenship! OK NOW I’M DONE! (Probably not cause I’m forgetful and always add stuff to my comments!)
The US is geographically separated from most of the world by the oceans... the massive amount of installations offer refueling options for any mission needed... That, if absolutely nothing else, is what these things are for. The ability for the US to put assets on birds (be it people or bombs) and fly them from the US to any country on the planet with the aid of refueling spots is something that few if any other militaries can match.
USA..England..Canada...Australia..Ireland..all English speaking people are 100% best friends! But there’s a special relationship between Britain + America, a mutual respect
During my time in service we had a lot of requests from other countries to build bases or have a long term presence in a few countries. Either with a small installation, sharing a base with a host nation or regular rotations of US troops coming in to train with the host nation. A few countries were in Europe mainly NATO members and a few countries in the Pacific. During my time the requests came in and a few of these requests did become reality. My unit took part in one of the European requests and a friend of mine participated in one of the requests in the pacific. Both were requests for US troops to share a base and train with the host nation on a constant rotation. That was back in 2011 and both are still going on today and have even expanded at the host nations request.
thats why the us military is so successful at having a full voluntary military.. we take care of our soldiers. make them and their families comfortable.
I’m US Air Force and it’s crazy to think that when we request to be moved to a base overseas you get a list to around 50 Air Force bases. And you tend to forget each branch has their own bases overseas as well as joint bases. So we really are everywhere... P.S When British forces always stop by my base we always go to the flight line and say hey to guys and talk for hours always a cool bunch of people and they always want McDonald’s
Diego Garcia is one of many “small” places where, shall we say, the Federation relays comms to its many spaceships. You know, Star Trek! The USAF has a lot of small places that do things like that and in support of that. I’m afraid you’ll have to use your imagination.
Can you imagine some bean counter standing before Congress explaining what they found and why they arent getting all the info they requested! Bean Counter: Sir I have here a page thet says that your office requested funds for a Gen 10 project fighter could you elaborate on this? Officer: No sir thats classified, but thanks for letting our enemies know what were doing!!
I don't live next to a US military base, but used to have frequent trips to a town next to a USMC base in Eastern NC USA. Sometimes you would(all from the POV off the back gate to the base next to a water source): hear artillery shell explosions, sometimes hear machinegun fire with the explosions, see flares pop up at night in the middle of the forest, see V-22s fly overhead, seen CH-46's, see CH-53's, see UH-1Y Venoms, saw a AH-1Z Viper a couple times, saw some Harriers fly really high overhead a couple times, and seen a few patrol boats driving by once in a while(usually at night, lol). The marines frequented the bars/bar & grill type restaurants, seen some grunts at the beach, and grunts in general around town. Been on the base a few times too...mostly trees, lol. I think it's a cool experience to see and hear it all!
Comparing Russia and China to the USA and the UK is a bit silly in my opinion. The two pairs operate very differently and the former pair is well known to be waaaaay more corrupt and authoritarian.
The U.S military is stronger than China and Russia’s combined and it’s a fact just research...our Navy is bigger than both of theirs combined and so is our Air force. Teach China and Russia have more infantry but that wouldn’t matter
Two points (in reverse order): First, the reason for his map and database are simple -- Yes, there are those within the US political structure who fancy themselves as Romanesque Procurators, but the practical reason derives directly from US participation in WW2: For the first two years of the US's involvement in the war, we got our asses kicked on a regular basis. There was little in the way of forward-positioning or monitoring, few effective defenses in the few forward-deployment areas we did have, and no monitoring, backup, logistical depth or training for a real war, even as WW2 was literally exploding for 2.5 years on opposite sides of both coasts....Which, up until that time, was how the US fought wars: we were always on the back foot, and won by the skin of our teeth, usually because we could both out-die and out-spend our enemy-du-jour. _After_ WW2, with a bipolar world and nuclear weapons (no, no conspiracy-whizzles here - leave that for another video...this is the straight version), there was no "work-up time" possible - we had to be ready to go from _0 to Hory Clap_ from _Minute One,_ 24/7/365. This map is the result. Yes - it is stupidly expensive. Yes - you should be happy about it. Yes - you should be on the ass of the government to not descend to #2..... Which, secondly, is that the first proposition he makes in his video, is why you should read history -- because it is replete with examples of European powers (and the US, its unique aspects aside, is very much based on a European model of thought) maintaining large military forces nearby to native populations...And specifically, the Spanish in the Americas. If you think we are at the level of the Spanish - or, gods forbid, the Chinese - you need to get out of your basement more, and put down the latte. The reason Western Europe has gotten away with decreasing its militaries (and their military spending) in recent decades is precisely because US forces were there in such enormous numbers...And the reason why they (and the Japanese) are now reorganizing their militaries, spending more money and recruiting more troops is also precisely because we are shrinking our own military force structure, and increasingly turning to the private sector.....Which, if Mozambique is anything to go by, is about the disaster-in-the-making I always knew it would turn out to be. To paraphrase Trotsky, you may not think too deeply about War and Strategy, but they think deeply about _you,_ every single second of every single day.
As a retired US Army Officer, I have worked at dozens of these overseas installations, including in the UK... and every single one was directly engaged in countering Russian aggression, or Jihadist terrorism... every one.
You think it hasn’t? Strategic planning included China several years ago; tactical training and equipment changes for the US Marine Corps started during Trump’s tenure. The US Navy stepped up “Freedom of Navigation” maneuvers when the Chinese began building artificial islands in other Asian nations’ territorial waters... we are in fact already oriented toward addressing Chinese aggression. Without dropping our other worldwide responsibilities.
It's like the United States doesn't want to lag behind or help quicker in another world war like world war 2 were it took them a couples of years to actually allocate the resources and personnel to move across the world.
There are a lot of countries who feel safer and appreciate the military bases being there. A lot of these countries also make millions of dollars from these bases being there.
Diego Garcia is a British military base that is jointly operated by the US military. The rest of the Chagos islands also had their local populations removed to Mauritius and Seychelles by the British and US military. It's pretty sad. The local inhabitants were originally brought to the Chagos as slaves then forced to leave.
Hey man! I’m in the us army, and stationed in South Korea. Much love and great content!! If you ever want to learn about what life is like in South Korea get with me!
As a veteran it's my personal opinion that we need to close some of these bases. I keep hearing we cannot afford things like decent health care or better benefits for Medicare recipients, but we can spend over 700 billion dollars on military spending.
In my country there are plenty of american military bases and it's like you're entering a different territory! It's like these places are occupying parts of the country land.
The problem that we face as the US is that when we try to leave people alone and ignore things we are criticized and the same time if we intervene we are criticized so it's a tough situation imagine how the world would be shaped if the US never intervened in anything since WW1
I suspect that many of these red dots are ;sub-bases' (small bases that serve, or serve with, a larger central base). When I was stationed in Germany I lived on Hahn AB but worked at Metro Tango (a sub-base some distance from Hahn).
Aye bro, not sure when you were in Bahrain. I was there for two years, interacted with the Royal Marines a lot. Always remembered when they were around the drinking experience got a hell of a lot better especially at JJ’s Irish pub & The British club. Thanks for your service & glad your a fellow American now! 🤙🏽🍻
Google says "Where are the US bases in the UK? During the 1990s there were approximately 100 US bases in the UK. 13 remain today: RAF Lakenheath, RAF Croughton, RAF Digby, RAF Welford, RAF Fairford, RAF Feltwell, RAF Upwood, RAF Barford St John, RAF Fylingdales and RAF Menwith Hill.".
I live near an Air Force base in the US, the cool part of that is being able to see rocket tests (both military and space purposes) from my backyard. You get used to hearing and see fighter jets flying in the sky, especially when a military crisis like the Iran air strikes last year. There was also a time we saw a ufo beam across the sky leaving a huge bluish green trail and the Air Force base claimed they were testing a new missile or rocket system but the trajectory didn’t appear to come from that base. Also, when covid hit, the army came to a local church and was handing out lots of food and water for locals which was cool
I can't help but think of a Primus Song. "Electric Uncle Sam"..."If ever your in doubt about who or where I am, I'm here I'm there, I'm everywhere. I am your Uncle Sam.",
I think it’s in our best interest it took us a year to get all our factories making war materials and to get over World War II was going on took almost a year so if you’re already there that makes a big difference.
As an Indonesian i'm just happy that there is no US military base currently present in my country 😄 Ya know it's kinda make me feel like my country is not a literal sheep and still can depend on their own military no matter how small it is.
I highly recommend you check out a UA-cam channel called Liveth Forevermore, he does videos where he talks about military operations in detail and his content is amazing.
According to Vine's list, here are where the U.S. bases in the UK are as of 2019: Blenheim Crescent Air Force Active Croughton 4 23,222 0 0 1 24,636 0 3 19.7 Eriswell FH Annex Air Force Active Lakenheath 0 0 43 201,657 0 0 0 62 49.5 RAF Alconbury Air Force Active Cambridge 168 1,006,262 0 0 8 123,438 0 218 407.6 RAF Barford St John Transmitter Air Force Active Croughton 1 22,006 0 0 0 0 0 476 19.0 RAF Bicester Air Force Active Croughton 254 221,012 0 0 79 110,097 0 35 81.2 RAF Croughton Air Force Active Croughton 119 679,109 0 0 18 169,291 0 694 473.2 RAF Ely Famly Housing Annex Air Force Active Ely 0 0 0 0 58 139,221 0 18 49.5 RAF Fairford Air Force Active Fairford 92 404,215 0 0 67 464,170 0 1,163 772.3 RAF Feltwell Air Force Active Feltwell 71 401,765 0 0 159 888,199 0 305 471.0 RAF Lakenheath Air Force Active Lakenheath 836 4,565,556 0 0 111 498,214 0 1,879 2,888.1 RAF Menwith Hill Air Force Active Harrogate 145 1,073,612 0 0 0 0 545 545 430.1 RAF Mildenhall Air Force Active Mildenhall 263 1,585,293 0 0 138 1,185,396 0 1,163 1,549.7 RAF Molesworth Air Force Active Cambridge 62 179,206 0 0 28 289,667 0 659 247.9 RAF Molesworth Storage Annex Air Force Active Cambridge 2 30,988 0 0 0 0 0 37 13.7 RAF Oakhanger Air Force Active Croughton 4 14,662 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.9 RAF Welford Ammo Storage Area Air Force Active Welford 77 231,563 0 0 191 443,977 0 736 320.5 + 9 "unconfirmed" bases, including one in Mildenhall and one in Thetford.
Please do soemthing on the ongoing situation with Ukraine and Russia right now original human I love your videos but this concept between these two country’s is a very interesting concept thank you!❤️❤️
The dot in Ireland is an international airport is just that America store some planes there although they nearly had to leave because a load of troops were spotted with uniform on and with pistols in the main town where the Airport is
For those that respond to the request to submit information, please keep OPSEC in mind that may revel the locations mission and layout of key structures that can be used against our soldiers, sailors, marines and Airman.
As a Native American I loved hearing you say “our”. You’re a citizen now. One of us 🥲
But he doesnt sound from america
He’s a British guy who got us citizenship recently
Like a native native ( ethnic background being a tribe ) or your are born in America ?
@@ethanpatton597 Yes I’m a member of Cherokee nation
AMOGUS
It's kinda cute how stoked he is to be a citizen, glad to have a stellar dude like you part of this country!
fun fact: the Pentagon is the world's largest office building in terms of square footage
If DoD were a country, it would be in the G20.
With apparently the least competent people on the planet, just going by the publicly available info.
@@wepntech - Those people are smarter, braver, more creative and more interesting than you'll ever be.
@@SilvanaDil nah I find him more interesting than than the pentagon
@@SilvanaDil "smarter" "braver" "more creative"
really doubt that mate. The amount of money they waste in worthless crap, if they tried running a company they'd go bankrupt overnight. Government always live as parasites off industrialists that take care of themselves.
I feel the need for a point of clarification; the DoD knows exactly how much money they spend and how big they are, but they will never fully pass a full audit because of how many severely projects they have. There is just information that can’t be filled and it will leave gaps that cause them to “fail” an audit. Nothing everything can be publicly accounted for
So true, I'm reminded of that quote from Independence Day "What? You don't think spend 10,000 dollars on a toilet seat do you?"
An audit would mean revealing every secret technological project...they can't and will never do that. They can say, however, "this much money" goes to the military...which is very broad and non-specific.
They probably secretly spend more money than that.
@@ovo_daedae6678 Yes they do but this is also a known quantity. Government budgets are public information and every dollar is accounted for.
Even the secret classified budget funds are easy to calculate. Just subtract every listed spending item from the total amount of money used. It's in the tens of billions of dollars which is a lot of money but not that much for the US budgets.
When it comes to the US military, the money comes from 3 main areas. The general defense budget, emergency or provisional supplemental spending such as war budgets for Iraq and Afghanistan, and finally the classified budget which is not listed publicly but is much smaller than the first two types of funding.
That's not how a financial audit works. Secret projects can still be accounted for.
The u.s. is like the the United Kingdom’s son, but the son grew up to be Hercules.
The fact that is somewhat true is really funny
Or the little brother that ran away from home
Ergo: The UK is Zeus. They stuck their d*ck into everything that was around.
@@adams8135 "Home" is hardly the right way to put it 😂. I'm of Scot ancestry. When my family came here during the highland clearances, they weren't exactly part of Britain. Glad not, otherwise I wouldn't be in the U.S.
@@Zakvadr1995 Yet got beat by the Vikingr and a bunch of hunters and farmers in the U.S colonies. I like you're comment though. True as fuck, but not for a LONG time 😂
I used to live in a Us military Navy base and i felt safe
I bet you probably had that safe feeling including that things could go 0-100 real quick feeling
100 percent..i work on one and I feel safe as well
@@rouletteeth yes..its so ready thats one thing...somebody didn't put the right code in the cash cage...2 seconds swarmed by military police..funny though b.c my som was fearful of a nuke b.c of a game (dont get on me ive learned and hes 10 now) but a few yrs ago he was so afraid so I drove him to the base and showed him were safe
I live like 10 minutes outside a military base in Belgium and I think it's super sick. Also you feel super safe. Glad we're part of NATO otherwise it would be scary I think.
@@brve_he4rt29 The MPs when someone put in the wrong code: “oop, looks like someone put in the wrong code. *Alright everyone this is code red emergency. Get as many men as we can down there before they steal our stripper fund. This is not a drill I repeat this is not a drill*
Original Human: Is concerned America's military is so vast, it can't keep track of it.
Some poor bastard in the Adeptus Munitorum trying to crunch numbers for the Imperial Guard: Lucky bastards. Those are rookie numbers!
The God emperor knows all, no need to worry.
13:55 I love how he’s so proud it’s so adorable and wholesome
Never served in the US military for health reasons, but my family have either served or been contracted. Lived near an air training base my entire life. So always hearing helicopters and jet’s flying all times of the day. Sorta became white noise now
I love to hear and watch the f-16's where I live. They are so awesome 😎😎😎.
Spreading our wings like the Bald Eagle we are.
The US was dragged into TWO World Wars because of places like Europe. Both times we had to cross the gauntlet, a shooting gallery bringing troops and supplies over. When the 2nd World War transitioned into the Cold War keeping bases and forces readily close makes sense.
And most importantly was the fundamental promise of the formation of NATO. To deter war.
They know how much they’re spending, and what they’re spending it on. They just don’t care how much they’re spending.
Im not giving up........ REACT TO THE ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN
Edit: does he read the comments?
Osweic then and agai-
Wait the song or the ‘documentary’?
@@trololopez2437 Sabaton thr band, hell yeah, let us chant so that he can hear our voices
@@trololopez2437 both
and that's when the dead march again
Keep on commenting this
I think the Pentagon and the DoD know exactly what the numbers are, they just don't want to tell anyone the exact figures, kinda like telling people exact specs on military tech. Who knows though maybe they don't which would be kinda crazy xD
You can look up how much we spend on our military as well as how many bases we have, but you're absolutely right. The number of bases especially, is likely higher considering the amount of "top secret" military installations that the public and the vast majority of troops, including this Marine, knows nothing about, and in my opinion we shouldn't. Mr. Original ate up of bunch of bs...simple as that. Bottom line, the DOJ knows...they kind of put them there.
@@returningfire2037
I agree completely. Why should the average citizen know all of this stuff? If the average citizen knows, then so do any potential enemies since information travels at the speed of light across the globe.
@@PiousSlayer You're absolutely right. I can tell you're a smart and well informed person. That much is certain.
Good point. I mean, the military classifies seemingly insignificant things like the lens type on satellites so I guess they really wouldn't want to share their exact figures. Maybe that 2018 audit failed on purpose.
I love this channel but hated this video! The whole time I was frustrated and trying to fill in gaps no one else can hear 😆
There is an estonian youtuber who actually likes the fact that they have an intimidation factor against Russia. I think it's interesting cause you only really hear bad things about US bases, which IS understandable
Artur Rehi is his name right
@@eggsbendeddic9296 Yeah great guy
Love his videos, it gives an interesting view on US foreign power projection that isn't seen too much for obvious reasons
Yeahhh!!! ARTUR REHI!!! 💪🏻👀🇺🇸🇪🇪
I love Artur. His accent is funny, and he gives a good POV on the American Military and culture, from a smaller country...
US Military: *I am inevitable*
The primary reason that there cannot be a full and complete accounting of the US military's "footprint" is due to secrecy and black operations. Even if an accounting process has the proper personnel to review the parts of the Pentagon budget that are black, there are compartmentalized programs even they will still not have access to, and the final product of such an accounting would be so redacted so as to be useless.
That’s essentially us( the British military) but on a smaller scale compared to our American brothers.
@Briar Gianni
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@@ordgore9737 why would you even go to it
@@penguinsrockrgr8yt216 seriously... you know they are bots and you replied to them. Do you talk to your ATM machine as well.
Congrats on becoming a us citzen. We’re are so happy to have you be apart of this amazing country
As someone currently stationed at a RAF base in England, the US government "leases" the land/base from the host country. Its technically still a RAF base, however in 4 years here I've only seen a couple RAF guys on base.
I love how you said “we” ❤️❤️❤️ congrats on your citizenship.... and we are besties 😉
Remember all throughout the Military everyone operates on the "need to know" mentality.
The US Military spends enough money it would be like having a Tesla giveaway every week
More like a few every minute
Lol the USA spends 1million a day just to run a single aircraft carrier
I think you meant minute.
Cute comparison
The government as a whole spends enough money that you could have a Tesla giveaway with that money every couple seconds
The island of Diego Garcia is owned by Britain and basically loaned out to the United States
USA UK INDIA France etc they all can use each other's base.
Capt. Price said you draw the line where you need too, yes choices have to be made sometimes not the best. You can never please all sides, only hope you just made the best choice at the time also knowing there will be an after effect. Then plan and prep for that, but nothing goes to plan so it's a never ending rotating and spinning ball.
I would love to leave the world alone but the minute we do we get sucked back into it. Might as well be prepared.
I'm in the military. I'd like to point out the way classified material works. Anyone who wants to view classified information must have an equivalent or higher clearance. *And* they also have to have a reason to know that information. They do this so there's a very narrow margin that allows the discharge (negligent or otherwise) of classified information. If a Brigadier General, Major General, etc doesn't _need_ to know something classified they won't and likely wouldn't even know what they don't know.
What this means is that in order for an audit to happen, examining the amount of spending (may be classified) on specific programs (may be classified), international installation locations (may be classified), technology the money is spent on (probably classified), etc they would need at least a Top Secret clearance. *And* they would also be receiving and analyzing a huge amount of likely classified information while not being in a high position in the DoD or government in general most likely. They would know more secrets than most generals even know. They would be a bottleneck for classified info and a huge vector for negligent discharge of classified information or espionage.
The amount of red tape involved in auditing the military would likely be crazy and take forever to sort out. I highly doubt they just didn't have the answers. It's way more likely they just didn't want that info out there to keep the enemy guessing and to avoid national security issues.
I had to explain this to someone on another video on how classified information is handled.
When I was in the Navy, my first foreign port of call was the Philippines. The guys that had been there before were showing us noobs the ropes, Our firat stop was a nice Philippine restaurant and they started explaining the different dishes were. Suddenly one guy bellows out he wanted American food. We sent him back to the base. Later on I found out there was a Dominos in town but it's very different than what we know. They used goat cheese for example. It was still very good and a popular place to eat.
Aha we actually have a lot of American restaurants in philippines. There’s a restaurant along the lines named U.S Army navy marine freedom burgers lol
@@jomaridelapaz3404 I still preferred local foods most of the time. I remember the first time I ordered shrimp. They were nearly as big as lobster with their heads and legs still attached. It was shocking. I wasn't expecting that. Once they were trimmed down, they were great.
Trying new foods was about my favorite part of being in the Navy.
New to your channel! Love the content! I’m a vet myself, and I love seeing your reactions to the US being OP
you gna love the channel
"The government is not that good."
Hah! Nice try, government, making my boy say that. Putting my tinfoil hat now.
I don't know that the government isn't that good about keeping secrets. I mean, how could you tell? If they were really good at keeping secrets, then you wouldn't know. I'm guessing that maybe the government doesn't have all those elaborate conspiracy type secrets like you see on T.V. It's like how T.V. always has extremely beautiful spy's going to elaborate parties and extravagant nightclubs in exotic locations with expensive clothing. In real life it's average people, in jeans, living in small apartments, visiting dirty places.
The slightly annoying thing about this map is that, a lot of the dots are colored to where I can't see them well due to my colorblindness
I live in Northern Ireland, and the RAF Airbase Aldergrove had hundreds of Globe masters landing and taking off. Its the first Military Airfield that the US can land at flying across the Atlantic.
Hey! German soldier here! A thing I wanted to ask you: in your military time did you ever visit Germany? Or one of the British military bases here in Germany?
I used to visit my favorite relatives who were living and working in a US Air Force base.. We usually stayed for weeks there. TBH it wasn't very loud except patrol helps come and go, big transport trucks passing by. It was peaceful there just like an ordinarily huge subdivision with it's own airport/runway. You can see our nation's and America's flag almost on every house
13:13 those are all the ones the army wants you to see.... what about underground bases or hidden ones in mountains 🤫
I went to the island of Diego Garcia when I was in the service serving in Afghanistan. It’s actually a British territory. It’s a beautiful island with a large Bay suitable for large ships. When I went to the beach there were chickens running all over it and I saw signs saying not to harm the chickens that they were British property. I asked someone about it and the said that during ww2 the British released them so that they would have a viable food source for troops should supply lines ever become disrupted.
In Germany the Bases are sometimes remainders from the postwar era. But most of them are actually new and Germany allows them to because they want to keep a good relationship and also so that the US defends them.
When you think about it, it makes complete and perfect sense that the USA has so many bases in Korea, Japan, and Germany. These bases are not just "holdovers from World War 2" as the video maker dismisses. Most of the bases are there because there are real threats nearby, and having US military personnel in those places deters those threats from being more threatening. OK, granted that the focus of the NATO vs Russia "competition" has moved to the east with the entry of Poland and other nations, but Germany is still a focal point in Europe for NATO's need to defend against the aspirations of Putin and his crowd.
As for Japan and Korea, the threat posed by North Korea and its sponsors in China to Japan and South Korea...not to mention Taiwan...requires the US be there in force to support our allies in the region.
So I was on one of those small dots in Africa in 2016 when civil war broke out in S Sudan, which necessitated a evacuation of the US embassy there. We were able to evacuate the embassy in a very short timeframe, because, rather than having to fly Marines and supplies from the US, we had the means in Djibouti. What I think a lot of people don't understand that haven't been in the military, is that the Navy gets called for a capsized boat, the Air Force aids in searching for downed aircraft. The Army helps with disaster relief. There are plenty of noncombat missions the military helps to fulfill. Although OH is right, it's also so if something pops off in -insert random place here-, we're there on short notice.
I had an inventory or audit job that took me to over 50 bases in Europe and The middle East. I've also been to 60+ here in the states. It still blows my mind to know how many bases we have all over the world. It's a little slice of America in every base...
I agree with you on that best friends thing. I got out a decade ago, but I remember refuelling in Ireland and they treated us as family. Australians rolled in, we'd just hand over our weapons so they could check them out. Brits gave us some of our best intel. We got pissed off because they got drunk and there was incident and they got kicked off the base and we were ALL like "Dude, you can't just do that. The commonwealth is a friend!"
I’m not a veteran but the way I’d feel about Foreign troops is if you fight beside me you’re welcome to come use our facility’s
I’m late AGAIN! (I really need to turn notifications on!) But, anyway America is basically the son that moved out when it was 18 and wanted to be on its own lol we were the “black sheep” of the family 😂 BUT what is really interesting is that the British (we still love our family across the pond ❤️) was such a BIG country in numbers compared to the British (American) colonies. Then 100s of years later WE outnumbered the British and Britain and the U.S. have relied on each other HEAVILY throughout history. Such as WW1 and WW2 when America came to Britain’s defense (as well as NATO and the oppressed countries aid.) then during 9/11 the queen actually broke a 600 year tradition and actually played the U.S. anthem at Buckingham Palace (until then only the British national anthem was played.) and that the British was the second largest military (the first being the U.S.) to declare war on terrorism. So we have had some rough history but, we always have (and hopefully always will.) stick together. (As well as our cousins in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.) who interestingly make up the “Five Eyes”. Anyway sorry for this long history lesson but, once I get going I can’t stop! 😂❤️
Whoops here I go again 🙃😬 I thought I should let you know that I think you have a good heart and love your vids! ALSO I think I and the rest of our cult 😂 would love if you would do more oversimplified videos! Also congratulations on your U.S. citizenship! OK NOW I’M DONE! (Probably not cause I’m forgetful and always add stuff to my comments!)
The US is geographically separated from most of the world by the oceans... the massive amount of installations offer refueling options for any mission needed... That, if absolutely nothing else, is what these things are for. The ability for the US to put assets on birds (be it people or bombs) and fly them from the US to any country on the planet with the aid of refueling spots is something that few if any other militaries can match.
USA..England..Canada...Australia..Ireland..all English speaking people are 100% best friends! But there’s a special relationship between Britain + America, a mutual respect
During my time in service we had a lot of requests from other countries to build bases or have a long term presence in a few countries. Either with a small installation, sharing a base with a host nation or regular rotations of US troops coming in to train with the host nation. A few countries were in Europe mainly NATO members and a few countries in the Pacific. During my time the requests came in and a few of these requests did become reality. My unit took part in one of the European requests and a friend of mine participated in one of the requests in the pacific. Both were requests for US troops to share a base and train with the host nation on a constant rotation. That was back in 2011 and both are still going on today and have even expanded at the host nations request.
Russians: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!
Using Spain as the first example was a surprise, but a welcome one😎
Also, if i was american i would be grateful for having spanish restaurants 😉
@Nugget Nugget McDonald's for a paella, seems right 😂
But I wouldn't be able to eat at them lol. They're on the military base.
@@randomcommentator5922 yeah, F
Philippine-America-Spanish war be like-ok
Jk
Honestly I wish we had more in the US, I love spanish food
thats why the us military is so successful at having a full voluntary military.. we take care of our soldiers. make them and their families comfortable.
funny reason the prices at a grocery store is so cheap is that the commissary is not concerned with profits, only minimal waste.
I’m US Air Force and it’s crazy to think that when we request to be moved to a base overseas you get a list to around 50 Air Force bases. And you tend to forget each branch has their own bases overseas as well as joint bases. So we really are everywhere... P.S When British forces always stop by my base we always go to the flight line and say hey to guys and talk for hours always a cool bunch of people and they always want McDonald’s
Diego Garcia is one of many “small” places where, shall we say, the Federation relays comms to its many spaceships. You know, Star Trek! The USAF has a lot of small places that do things like that and in support of that. I’m afraid you’ll have to use your imagination.
Will you continue subnautica?
I dont think so
Glad to see you cover this video! Johnny Harris makes some amazing content!
i really enjoy your reactions to this kind of content. our views are different but i find you honest and value your commentary.
Can you imagine some bean counter standing before Congress explaining what they found and why they arent getting all the info they requested! Bean Counter: Sir I have here a page thet says that your office requested funds for a Gen 10 project fighter could you elaborate on this? Officer: No sir thats classified, but thanks for letting our enemies know what were doing!!
Benn meaning to say this Glad to have you as a fellow citizen 🇺🇸💪🏿 just don't go all woke on us and stay out of California its toxic danger zone
The mountains are nice just not the cities
I live here weathers nice but it aint worth it imma save you time stay out
I dont live there im in texas lol I was just warning him haha we have tons of California libs here right now makes my stomach hurt to be honest 🤦🏿♂️
Too liberal
We are America, we don't start fights...we finish them.
I've noticed you've reacted to us marine and army boot camps is there any chance you could check out navy next?
I don't live next to a US military base, but used to have frequent trips to a town next to a USMC base in Eastern NC USA. Sometimes you would(all from the POV off the back gate to the base next to a water source): hear artillery shell explosions, sometimes hear machinegun fire with the explosions, see flares pop up at night in the middle of the forest, see V-22s fly overhead, seen CH-46's, see CH-53's, see UH-1Y Venoms, saw a AH-1Z Viper a couple times, saw some Harriers fly really high overhead a couple times, and seen a few patrol boats driving by once in a while(usually at night, lol). The marines frequented the bars/bar & grill type restaurants, seen some grunts at the beach, and grunts in general around town. Been on the base a few times too...mostly trees, lol. I think it's a cool experience to see and hear it all!
Comparing Russia and China to the USA and the UK is a bit silly in my opinion. The two pairs operate very differently and the former pair is well known to be waaaaay more corrupt and authoritarian.
The U.S military is stronger than China and Russia’s combined and it’s a fact just research...our Navy is bigger than both of theirs combined and so is our Air force. Teach China and Russia have more infantry but that wouldn’t matter
@@Swxt- That's not what I meant. Russian and Chinese governmental policies and ethics are pretty different to that of the USA and UK.
@@phillipnunya6793 true true
Imagine being me... Living only 45km away from one of the biggest foreign US bases in the world plus nukes...
A lot of our over seas bases actually help keep stability in the host countries economies
Two points (in reverse order): First, the reason for his map and database are simple -- Yes, there are those within the US political structure who fancy themselves as Romanesque Procurators, but the practical reason derives directly from US participation in WW2: For the first two years of the US's involvement in the war, we got our asses kicked on a regular basis. There was little in the way of forward-positioning or monitoring, few effective defenses in the few forward-deployment areas we did have, and no monitoring, backup, logistical depth or training for a real war, even as WW2 was literally exploding for 2.5 years on opposite sides of both coasts....Which, up until that time, was how the US fought wars: we were always on the back foot, and won by the skin of our teeth, usually because we could both out-die and out-spend our enemy-du-jour. _After_ WW2, with a bipolar world and nuclear weapons (no, no conspiracy-whizzles here - leave that for another video...this is the straight version), there was no "work-up time" possible - we had to be ready to go from _0 to Hory Clap_ from _Minute One,_ 24/7/365. This map is the result. Yes - it is stupidly expensive. Yes - you should be happy about it. Yes - you should be on the ass of the government to not descend to #2.....
Which, secondly, is that the first proposition he makes in his video, is why you should read history -- because it is replete with examples of European powers (and the US, its unique aspects aside, is very much based on a European model of thought) maintaining large military forces nearby to native populations...And specifically, the Spanish in the Americas. If you think we are at the level of the Spanish - or, gods forbid, the Chinese - you need to get out of your basement more, and put down the latte. The reason Western Europe has gotten away with decreasing its militaries (and their military spending) in recent decades is precisely because US forces were there in such enormous numbers...And the reason why they (and the Japanese) are now reorganizing their militaries, spending more money and recruiting more troops is also precisely because we are shrinking our own military force structure, and increasingly turning to the private sector.....Which, if Mozambique is anything to go by, is about the disaster-in-the-making I always knew it would turn out to be.
To paraphrase Trotsky, you may not think too deeply about War and Strategy, but they think deeply about _you,_ every single second of every single day.
We were stationed in Turkey. Loved it. At the time, the locals loved Americans. Not so much now.....
As a retired US Army Officer, I have worked at dozens of these overseas installations, including in the UK... and every single one was directly engaged in countering Russian aggression, or Jihadist terrorism... every one.
I'd like to see the focus shift to the true global menace -- China. Thankfully it's beginning to happen.
You think it hasn’t? Strategic planning included China several years ago; tactical training and equipment changes for the US Marine Corps started during Trump’s tenure. The US Navy stepped up “Freedom of Navigation” maneuvers when the Chinese began building artificial islands in other Asian nations’ territorial waters... we are in fact already oriented toward addressing Chinese aggression. Without dropping our other worldwide responsibilities.
@@phillipbaker9363 - Oh, I know it has. I worry that instead of amping it up like Trump, Biden will wuss out/sell out.
It's like the United States doesn't want to lag behind or help quicker in another world war like world war 2 were it took them a couples of years to actually allocate the resources and personnel to move across the world.
There are a lot of countries who feel safer and appreciate the military bases being there. A lot of these countries also make millions of dollars from these bases being there.
Diego Garcia is a British military base that is jointly operated by the US military. The rest of the Chagos islands also had their local populations removed to Mauritius and Seychelles by the British and US military. It's pretty sad. The local inhabitants were originally brought to the Chagos as slaves then forced to leave.
Hey man! I’m in the us army, and stationed in South Korea. Much love and great content!! If you ever want to learn about what life is like in South Korea get with me!
didn't know this guy worked not even 15 kilometers from me, i live very close to Brussels. This is sick.
"Look at those points in the UK"
Me, red-green colorblind looking at "red" dots on a "green" background: ???
As a veteran it's my personal opinion that we need to close some of these bases. I keep hearing we cannot afford things like decent health care or better benefits for Medicare recipients, but we can spend over 700 billion dollars on military spending.
In my country there are plenty of american military bases and it's like you're entering a different territory! It's like these places are occupying parts of the country land.
Your welcome.
The problem that we face as the US is that when we try to leave people alone and ignore things we are criticized and the same time if we intervene we are criticized so it's a tough situation imagine how the world would be shaped if the US never intervened in anything since WW1
I suspect that many of these red dots are ;sub-bases' (small bases that serve, or serve with, a larger central base). When I was stationed in Germany I lived on Hahn AB but worked at Metro Tango (a sub-base some distance from Hahn).
Aye bro, not sure when you were in Bahrain. I was there for two years, interacted with the Royal Marines a lot. Always remembered when they were around the drinking experience got a hell of a lot better especially at JJ’s Irish pub & The British club. Thanks for your service & glad your a fellow American now! 🤙🏽🍻
Google says "Where are the US bases in the UK? During the 1990s there were approximately 100 US bases in the UK. 13 remain today: RAF Lakenheath, RAF Croughton, RAF Digby, RAF Welford, RAF Fairford, RAF Feltwell, RAF Upwood, RAF Barford St John, RAF Fylingdales and RAF Menwith Hill.".
These are the Public knowledge bases. There are more than he says.
I live near an Air Force base in the US, the cool part of that is being able to see rocket tests (both military and space purposes) from my backyard. You get used to hearing and see fighter jets flying in the sky, especially when a military crisis like the Iran air strikes last year. There was also a time we saw a ufo beam across the sky leaving a huge bluish green trail and the Air Force base claimed they were testing a new missile or rocket system but the trajectory didn’t appear to come from that base. Also, when covid hit, the army came to a local church and was handing out lots of food and water for locals which was cool
I can't help but think of a Primus Song. "Electric Uncle Sam"..."If ever your in doubt about who or where I am, I'm here I'm there, I'm everywhere. I am your Uncle Sam.",
me in Canada who have never lost a war and are allied with the U.S.
“They” know…they can’t afford anyone else knowing.
I think it’s in our best interest it took us a year to get all our factories making war materials and to get over World War II was going on took almost a year so if you’re already there that makes a big difference.
As an Indonesian i'm just happy that there is no US military base currently present in my country 😄
Ya know it's kinda make me feel like my country is not a literal sheep and still can depend on their own military no matter how small it is.
Having America as big daddy is awesome.
Lmao I guess you love being puppet of disgusting imperialist power which brainwashes their citizens
Jeez, Bo Burnham's new special IS wild...
I often see British and French Soldiers walking around at my base in the US.
I highly recommend you check out a UA-cam channel called Liveth Forevermore, he does videos where he talks about military operations in detail and his content is amazing.
According to Vine's list, here are where the U.S. bases in the UK are as of 2019:
Blenheim Crescent Air Force Active Croughton 4 23,222 0 0 1 24,636 0 3 19.7
Eriswell FH Annex Air Force Active Lakenheath 0 0 43 201,657 0 0 0 62 49.5
RAF Alconbury Air Force Active Cambridge 168 1,006,262 0 0 8 123,438 0 218 407.6
RAF Barford St John Transmitter Air Force Active Croughton 1 22,006 0 0 0 0 0 476 19.0
RAF Bicester Air Force Active Croughton 254 221,012 0 0 79 110,097 0 35 81.2
RAF Croughton Air Force Active Croughton 119 679,109 0 0 18 169,291 0 694 473.2
RAF Ely Famly Housing Annex Air Force Active Ely 0 0 0 0 58 139,221 0 18 49.5
RAF Fairford Air Force Active Fairford 92 404,215 0 0 67 464,170 0 1,163 772.3
RAF Feltwell Air Force Active Feltwell 71 401,765 0 0 159 888,199 0 305 471.0
RAF Lakenheath Air Force Active Lakenheath 836 4,565,556 0 0 111 498,214 0 1,879 2,888.1
RAF Menwith Hill Air Force Active Harrogate 145 1,073,612 0 0 0 0 545 545 430.1
RAF Mildenhall Air Force Active Mildenhall 263 1,585,293 0 0 138 1,185,396 0 1,163 1,549.7
RAF Molesworth Air Force Active Cambridge 62 179,206 0 0 28 289,667 0 659 247.9
RAF Molesworth Storage Annex Air Force Active Cambridge 2 30,988 0 0 0 0 0 37 13.7
RAF Oakhanger Air Force Active Croughton 4 14,662 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.9
RAF Welford Ammo Storage Area Air Force Active Welford 77 231,563 0 0 191 443,977 0 736 320.5
+ 9 "unconfirmed" bases, including one in Mildenhall and one in Thetford.
To be fair a host nation benefits extremely well from having a US base.
Yah despite what people want to believe the us military does do alot of good
I’m in the military, there are bases that aren’t visible from the satellites but there’s more a lot more.
The way things are in the world - I am glad the US has this foothold. We help keep the world safer and quieter.
Fun Fact: The weather in America is fukin bonkers.
Please do soemthing on the ongoing situation with Ukraine and Russia right now original human I love your videos but this concept between these two country’s is a very interesting concept thank you!❤️❤️
The dot in Ireland is an international airport is just that America store some planes there although they nearly had to leave because a load of troops were spotted with uniform on and with pistols in the main town where the Airport is
Getting close to half a mill can’t believe it’s been so quick
And I personally believe they know their footprint, they know their spending- but no one wants it to be publicly or world-wide info!
For those that respond to the request to submit information, please keep OPSEC in mind that may revel the locations mission and layout of key structures that can be used against our soldiers, sailors, marines and Airman.