Every military service pays substantially more per person stationed overseas

Evidence

When it comes to personnel, the Air Force’s cost per person on an overseas base is almost 40,000 per year more, on average, than on a domestic base. The Navy's annual cost per person in Europe is almost 30,000 more than domestically, while in Japan, the Army pays on average nearly 25,000 more per person every year than at home. Even in the least expensive case, that of the Marines in Japan, it costs 10,000 to 15,000 more per year for every marine stationed there compared to locations in the continental United States. For eleven thousand marines, that adds up to an extra 110 million to $165 million that taxpayers are spending every year to keep marine forces in Japan rather than in America. When one considers all the deployments globally, the numbers are staggering. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 599