U.S. overseas troop deployment data

troopdata returns a data frame containing information on US military deployments.

Usage

troopdata_rebuild_long

Format

A data frame with country year observations including the following variables:

ccode

A numeric vector of Correlates of War country codes.

iso3c

A character vector of ISO three character country codes.

countryname

A character vector of country names.

region

Correlates of War geographic region name.

year

The year of the observation.

month

The month of the observation.

quarter

The quarter of the observation.

source

The DMDC report source of the observation.

troops_ad

The total number of active duty US military personnel deployed to the host country.

troops_all

The total number of US military personnel deployed to the host country including guard and reserve.

army_ad

Total number of active duty Army personnel deployed to the host country.

navy_ad

Total number of active duty Navy personnel deployed to the host country.

air_force_ad

Total number of active duty Air Force personnel deployed to the host country.

space_force_ad

Total number of active duty Space Force personnel deployed to the host country.

marine_corps_ad

Total number of Marine Corps personnel deployed to the host country.

coast_guard_ad

Total number of Coast Guard personnel deployed to the host country.

total_selected_reserve

Total number of reserve US military personnel deployed to the host country.

army_reserve

Total number of reserve Army personnel deployed to the host country.

navy_reserve

Total number of reserve Navy personnel deployed to the host country.

air_force_reserve

Total number of reserve Air Force personnel deployed to the host country.

marine_corps_reserve

Total number of reserve Marine Corps personnel deployed to the host country.

coast_guard_reserve

Total number of reserve Coast Guard personnel deployed to the host country.

army_national_guard

Total number of Army National Guard personnel deployed to the host country.

air_national_guard

Total number of Air National Guard personnel deployed to the host country.

army_civilian

Total number of Army civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

navy_civilian

Total number of Navy civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

air_force_civilian

Total number of Air Force civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

marine_corps_civilian

Total number of Marine Corps civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

dod_civilian

Total number of Department of Defense civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

total_civilian

Total number of civilian personnel deployed to the host country.

Source

https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/global-us-troop-deployment-1950-2005

doi:10.1177/07388942211030885

Value

Returns the full data frame containing observations of US military deployments to overseas locations (countries and territories) from 1950 through 2024.