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.
In 2014, 4,000 Marines were still fighting in Afghanistan, though force levels have been decreasing as operations draw down. The military will be deploying 10,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2015, and the Marines will make up a portion of those troops.