With reports from the US Special Forces activities that are constantly streaming into the media, it is important to note that the White House has dramatically increased the deployment of special forces since Donald Trump took over the presidency. In December of last year, it was reported that President Trump had ordered the deployment of special forces troops more often than any other president in American history. At that time, US troops were deployed in 150 nations, a number that represented 75% of all nations on the planet, according to government figures. The photographs were published by TomDispatch, who claimed to have received them directly from the US Special Operations Command. The website said that American Special Forces troops participated in wars, anti-insurgency operations and secret activities throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and saw them in action every day.
According to the statistics provided by the US Special Operations Command, it appears that over 10% (8.000 soldiers) of the 70.000 US Special Operations Command soldiers are deployed every day. These implementations occur daily in more than 80 countries. This rate of deployment represents a significant increase over the eight years of administration of US President Barack Obama, which ended in 2016. In that year, US special forces troops were deployed in 138 countries, according to media reports. The use of Special Forces troops by the Trump administration also represents a jump of about 150 percent of the last Republican administration, that of George W. Bush, which ended at the beginning of the 2008.
Africa is an area of steady growth in US special forces deployment rates. Currently, US Special Forces troops are active in no less than 33 countries across Africa. Most of these countries are witnessing the activities of Islamist groups that are described as terrorists by the governments of the region. But the US special operations command has also deployed contingents in Europe, said TomDispatch. Currently, the United States maintains special forces troops in all countries bordering the western region of Russia, with the exception of Belarus.
These numbers echo the record growth of the US Special Forces community by the 11 September 2001, when Washington declared its global war on terrorism. Observers estimate the numerical growth following the September 11 of US special forces at 75%. However, little is known about the nature of the campaigns in which the US Special Forces are deployed and whether they are effective in establishing security, or if they ignite tensions on several battle fronts. There is also limited information on victims on the ground. The US government, however, has admitted that US special forces troops have died in the 2017 in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Niger, Mali and Somalia.