The US military is probably the world’s largest international moving company

Evidence

Another way to get a sense for the magnitude of the costs is this: because of the hundreds of bases overseas, the U.S. military is probably the world’s largest international moving company. Why? Because when stationed abroad for any period other than a temporary assignment, every member of the military generally has the right to ship his or her entire household and a personal vehicle to and from an overseas station. With tours generally lasting between one and three years, about one third of the military moves in any given year. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 600

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Category: Factual Claims

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• The U.S. military likely moves more households internationally than any private firm (similarity 0.95)
• The US military can deploy power faster than any rival without foreign bases. (similarity 0.86)
• The U.S. can project force globally without any permanent overseas bases. (similarity 0.85)
• US military can project power farther than any rival without overseas bases (similarity 0.84)
• The U.S. holds more foreign bases than any empire in history (similarity 0.84)
• Transportation advances have erased the deployment-time advantage of overseas bases (similarity 0.82)
• All non-U.S. countries combined have about thirty foreign bases (similarity 0.81)
• Overseas basing costs more than domestic basing despite host-nation support (similarity 0.81)
• Military construction at unspecified locations likely falls mostly overseas. (similarity 0.80)
• Every military service pays substantially more per person stationed overseas (similarity 0.80)
• Modest base acreage nonetheless gave the U.S. global reach (similarity 0.80)
• Postwar US military global reach exceeded that of any prior empire (similarity 0.80)
• Stationing a soldier abroad costs each taxpayer $10,000–$40,000 more annually (similarity 0.80)
• All non-US countries combined hold thirty bases versus America’s eight hundred (similarity 0.80)
• U.S. military reach now extends to nearly every country on earth. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The US military can deploy power faster than any rival without foreign bases. #corroborates (0.60) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1036