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.
Of those 150,090 soldiers, the Army maintains an estimated 32,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, though with the conflict there drawing to a close, only 10,000 soldiers (a mix of Army and Marine Corps) are expected to be in theater in FY 2015.