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This article details the various overseas military bases of the United Kingdom. The maintenance of overseas military bases enable the United Kingdom to conduct expeditionary warfare, and often tend to be located in areas of strategic or diplomatic importance. Oftentimes they act as staging areas for the buildup or resupply of military forces, as was seen during the 1982 Falklands War and the use of RAF Ascension Island. All of Britain's permanent military installations are located on British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or former colonies which retain close diplomatic ties with the United Kingdom.
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Overseas military installations
The British Armed Forces maintain a number of garrisons and military facilities around the world:
Locally raised units of British Overseas Territories
Four British Overseas Territories also maintain their own locally raised units for home defence and security: