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.
The Army is sending about 217 troops, mostly special forces, and an unannounced number of Apache attack helicopters to Iraq to support the government's impending assault on Mosul. This will bring the US force level in Iraq to 4,087. There are another 1,000 not officially counted because they are on temporary duty.