In the Middle East
| 5,200 | CONTRACTORS USED | to support more than 500,000 troops in the Persian Gulf War |
| 12 | BASES BUILT OR USED | by the United States throughout the Middle East since 1991. Before that, the United States had almost no presence in the region |
| 200 | MILLION DOLLARS | spent by the Kuwaiti government to build new storage and support facilities at Camp Arifjan, south of Kuwait City |
| 10,000 | CONTRACTORS ESTIMATED | to be providing support, training and other services throughout the Middle East |
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