The United States Army has over 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close. Over 220 others have already been closed, mostly following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. Many were positioned strategically to serve as forward posts, in any war against the USSR. Those bases host approximately 36,400 U.S. troops .

History The United States Armed Forces were initially organized as USFET (U.S. Forces, European Theater), from 1 August 1945 to 28 February 1946 A.D., in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, in the I.G. Farben building. On 15 March 1947, they were reassigned to EUCOM (European Command) in Frankfurt. In 1948, they moved from Frankfurt to the Campbell Barracks from Heidelberg. On 1 January 1950, it was reorganized as USAREUR (United States Army Europe). USAREUR was subordinate to USEUCOM (United States European Command), since 1967, at the Patch Barracks from Stuttgart-Vaihingen.

According to the German Bundestag, U.S. forces in Germany in the early 2010s numbered approximately 40,000–45,000 personnel, depending on whether stationed forces or broader assigned personnel were counted. This reflected a long-term post–Cold War decline from much higher Cold War-era levels exceeding 70,000 troops.

In June 2020, President Donald Trump announced plans to reduce the number of U.S. troops stationed in Germany. A month later, Defense Secretary Mark Esper specified that troop levels would be cut to about 24,000, implying a withdrawal of roughly 12,000 personnel, around one third of the force.

The proposal faced criticism in both Germany and the United States, including from the U.S. Congress, which imposed conditions on any withdrawal in the 2021 defense authorization legislation. Following the inauguration of Joe Biden in 2021, the planned reduction was halted, and instead a modest increase of approximately 500 troops was announced.

On 30 April 2026, President Donald Trump again raised the possibility of reducing the approximately 36,400 U.S. troops stationed in Germany amid renewed political tensions with Berlin. According to reporting by The Guardian, a review of troop deployments is under consideration, although analysts note that large-scale reductions remain unlikely due to the strategic importance of U.S. bases in Germany and legal constraints imposed by U.S. defense legislation. A day later, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal of around 5,000 American troops stationed in Germany over the next six to 12 months.

Polling A 2018 Yougov poll found that 42% of Germans supported a withdrawal, 37% opposed and 21% undecided. Die Linke voters were in favour of a withdrawal, with 67% backing it, the far-right AfD supporters at 55% and Greens voters at 48%. Less supportive of withdrawal were voters for the CDU, at 35%, the FDP at 37% and the SPD at 42%.

An August 2020, Yougov poll found that 47% of Germans in favor of a 12,000 American troop reduction, 32% supported keeping the current number, 4% wanted an increase. 25% in the poll supported a full US armed forces withdrawal in Germany. AfD and The left voters were the most supportive of a troop reduction at 61% and 70%. 52% for the Green voters and 52% for the FDP.

Existing installations Artillery Kaserne, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Barton Barracks, Ansbach Bismarck Kaserne, Ansbach Bleidorn Housing Area, Ansbach Coleman Army Airfield/Coleman Barracks, Mannheim Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern Dagger Complex, Darmstadt Training Center Griesheim (scheduled to close after the new one in Wiesbaden is built) Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Lucius D. Clay Kaserne (formerly Wiesbaden Army Airfield), Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Franken Kaserne, Near Westheim, Bavaria Germersheim Army Depot, Germersheim Grafenwöhr Training Area, Grafenwöhr/Vilseck Grunstadt Depot, Grunstadt Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate) Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens Kaiserslautern Military Community Base System, Kaiserslautern Katterbach Kaserne, Ansbach Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern Lampertheim training area, Lampertheim, Hesse Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl McCully Barracks, Wackernheim Miesau Army Depot, Miesau Oberdachstetten Storage Area, Ansbach Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern Panzer Kaserne, Böblingen Patch Barracks, Stuttgart Pulaski Barracks, Kaiserslautern Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Rhinland-palatinate Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern Robinson Barracks, Stuttgart Rose Barracks, Vilseck Sembach Kaserne, Kaiserslautern Sheridan Barracks, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Shipton Kaserne, Ansbach Smith Barracks, Baumholder Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Spangdahlem Storck Barracks, Illesheim Stuttgart Army Airfield, Filderstadt Mainz-Kastel Storage Station U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Military Training Area, Mainz, Gonsenheim/Mombach U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Training Area, Mainz Finthen Airport U.S.A.G. Wiesbaden Radar Station, Mainz Finthen Airport Urlas Housing and Shopping Complex, Ansbach (converted from Urlas Training Area in early 2010s) Tower Barracks Dülmen, Dülmen Wetzel barracks, Baumholder

Former installations