Most of what you do in the Navy Reserve is considered training. The basic Navy Reserve commitment involves training a minimum of one weekend a month (referred to as drilling) and two weeks a year (referred to as Annual Training) â or the equivalent of that.
The current 9,800 troops in Afghanistan is just a fraction of the U.S. forces stationed around the world. The graphic above shows other countries where the U.S. has a significant military presence. Itâs difficult to give a full picture of the number of troops serving overseas.
Demographics of Afghanistan 2016. As of 1 January 2017, the population of Afghanistan was estimated to be 34 043 082 people. This is an increase of 3.02 % (997 642 people) compared to population of 33 045 440 the year before. In 2016 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 894 210.