U.S. Military Assistance Around the World

See where the U.S. military is helping nations fight.

U.S. Military Assistance Around the World - As the U.S. becomes more intimately involved in the multi-nation military intervention in Mali, BET.com looks at some of the places overseas where U.S. troops are also engaged.  —Naeesa Aziz(Photo: REUTERS/Antony Njuguna)

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U.S. Military Assistance Around the World - As the U.S. becomes more intimately involved in the multi-nation military intervention in Mali, BET.com looks at some of the places overseas where U.S. troops are also engaged.  —Naeesa Aziz(Photo: REUTERS/Antony Njuguna)

Drone On - Americans are less skeptical of the use of drones overseas than some lawmakers seem to be, even if the targets are U.S. citizens. The results of a Fox News poll published March 4 found that 74 percent approve of using drones to kill suspected terrorists, including 80 percent of Republicans, 71 percent of independents and 69 percent of Democrats. (Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Handout)

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Niger/Mali - In Feb. 2013, President Obama announced the deployment of 100 troops to Niger to provide intelligence support to French forces fighting Islamist rebels in neighboring Mali.  (Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt/Handout)

Egypt - The U.S. military currently lends its help to the Multi-national Force and Observers, which is a multi-national peacekeeping force that secures the border between Egypt and Israel, ensuring that all sides comply with the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace.(Photo: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Egypt - The U.S. military currently lends its help to the Multi-national Force and Observers, which is a multi-national peacekeeping force that secures the border between Egypt and Israel, ensuring that all sides comply with the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace.(Photo: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghanistan to Free 88 Prisoners - Afghanistan plans to free 88 prisoners from a jail at an air base north of Kabul, although the U.S. government says they are a threat to security and were involved in killing foreign troops. A review board looking at the prisoners’ cases says there is no reason to continue holding them.  (Photo: MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Afghanistan - In Afghanistan, the U.S., as a member of NATO, is engaged in several operations with the aim to stop the Taliban insurgency, support the Afghan National Security Forces and facilitate improvements in governance and socio-economic development.The NATO troops recently sparked the ire of many Afghanis when the forces burned several copies of the Quran along with other items being disposed of. The news caused a rash of protests and attacks on NATO bases in the area.(Photo: MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Support of U.S. Leadership Slips in Africa - For the first time in the Obama administration, support of U.S. leadership has declined among Africans, a Gallup poll reported on April 19. In 2011, support across African dropped to 74 percent from the mid-80s, where it’s been for the past two years. However, the image of U.S. leadership continued to be the strongest worldwide in Africa in 2011. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP Pool via Getty Images)

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Djibouti - The small African nation of Djibouti hosts the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) — the only permanent U.S. base on the African continent.According to AFRICOM, the U.S. forces stationed there “serve as trainers and examples of military professionalism and U.S. core national values during the command’s joint exercises.”(Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP Pool via Getty Images)

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Central/East AfricaUganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan - U.S. troops are currently on the ground in four African countries — Uganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan — to help local forces fight against a brutal rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)."The U.S. is working to pursue a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy to help the governments and people of this region to end the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and reduce the human consequences of the LRA's atrocities," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Karl Wycoff said.(Photo: MICHELE SIBILONI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Central/East AfricaUganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan - U.S. troops are currently on the ground in four African countries — Uganda, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan — to help local forces fight against a brutal rebel group called the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)."The U.S. is working to pursue a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy to help the governments and people of this region to end the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and reduce the human consequences of the LRA's atrocities," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Karl Wycoff said.(Photo: MICHELE SIBILONI/AFP/Getty Images)

Bahrain - Called one of the most important U.S. Navy bases in the world, the U.S. military base in the Middle Eastern nation of Bahrain provides food, fuel, water and other supplies to the U.S. Navy ships operating in the Persian Gulf.U.S. forces in Bahrain also contribute to the Combined Task Force (CTF), a multi-national force that interdicts the movement of terrorists, narcotics, arms or items related to weapons of mass destruction in the Arabian Sea. The troops have also been critical to helping apprehend Somali pirates.(Photo: Hamad I. Mohammed/Landov)

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Bahrain - Called one of the most important U.S. Navy bases in the world, the U.S. military base in the Middle Eastern nation of Bahrain provides food, fuel, water and other supplies to the U.S. Navy ships operating in the Persian Gulf.U.S. forces in Bahrain also contribute to the Combined Task Force (CTF), a multi-national force that interdicts the movement of terrorists, narcotics, arms or items related to weapons of mass destruction in the Arabian Sea. The troops have also been critical to helping apprehend Somali pirates.(Photo: Hamad I. Mohammed/Landov)

Honduras - In Honduras, U.S. forces stationed at Soto Cano Air Base are engaged in training Honduran troops in counter-narcoterrorism, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief and helping to build partner capacities to promote regional cooperation and security in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.Despite the U.S. presence, however, drug-related violence continues to grip the country and the surrounding region.(Photo: U.S. Navy/Getty Images)

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Honduras - In Honduras, U.S. forces stationed at Soto Cano Air Base are engaged in training Honduran troops in counter-narcoterrorism, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief and helping to build partner capacities to promote regional cooperation and security in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.Despite the U.S. presence, however, drug-related violence continues to grip the country and the surrounding region.(Photo: U.S. Navy/Getty Images)

Ethiopia - The U.S. launched a drone base in Ethiopia in 2011 to help conduct counter-terrorism operations around the Horn of Africa.Ethiopia recently built its own drone for surveillance use by the Ethiopian government. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Ethiopia - The U.S. Air Force currently operates a base in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, where it houses a fleet of drones that can be equipped with missiles and satellite-guided bombs. The drones will be used to battle neighboring Somalia’s al-Shabab, a militant Islamist group connected to al-Qaeda.(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)