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These are the major hotspots where the US military is deployed right now

Daniel Brown,Skye GouldMay 17, 2017, 19:35 IST

Marines hang in the air from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a special patrol insertion and extraction rigging exercise at landing zone Westfield aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, May 13, 2014. U.S. Marine Corps / Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg

The US military currently has over 1.3 million men and women on active duty, and more than 450,000 stationed around the globe.

Many of these stationed service members perform training exercises and other duties at rather safe bases. Then there are others who are deployed to conflict zones like Syria or Iraq or potential "hotspots" like Somalia.

We pulled together the numbers and units from around the military to show you where service members are engaged around the globe.