DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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Appendix D
FORCE STRUCTURE TABLES

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES HIGHLIGHTS								Table D–2
	FY 1994	FY 1995	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002
Land Forces
Army Divisions
Active	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Reserve	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Marine Corps Divisions
Active	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Reserve	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Army Separate Brigades^a
Active	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Reserve	24	24	22	18	18	18	18	18	18
Tactical Air Forces (PMAI/Squadron)^b
Air Force Fighter and Attack Aircraft^c
Active	966/53	936/53	936/52	936/52	936/52	936/49	936/47^d	906/45	906/45
Reserve	639/40	576/38	504/40	504/40	504/40	519/38	549/38	549/38	549/38
Conventional Bombers
B–1 (Active/Reserve)	0	0	0	0	36/18	36/18	36/16	36/16	36/16
Navy Fighter and Attack Aircraft
Active	582/50	528/44	504/37	456/36	456/36	432/36	432/36	432/36	432/36
Reserve	90/7	38/3	38/3	38/3	38/3	36/3	36/3	36/3	36/3
Marine Corps Fighter and Attack Aircraft
Active	320/23	320/23	308/21	308/21	308/21	280/21	280/21	280/21	280/21
Reserve	68/5	48/4	48/4	48/4	48/4	48/4	48/4	48/4	48/4
Naval Forces
Strategic Forces Ships	19	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Battle Forces	315	300	294	292	271	256	257	258	257
Support Forces Ships	41	37	26	26	26	25	25	25	25
Reserve Forces Ships	16	19	18	18	18	18	16	15	15
Total Ship Battle Forces	391	372	355	354	333	317	316	316	315
Mobilization Category B: Mine Warfare Ships	1	1	2	6	8	10	11	11	11
Local Defense Mine Warfare Ships and Coastal Defense Craft	7	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	11
Total Other Forces^e	8	13	15	19	21	22	24	24	22

NOTE: PMAI = primary mission aircraft inventory.
^a Includes the Eskimo Scout Group and the armored cavalry regiments.
^b The PMAI counts given here include combat–coded aircraft only.
^c Reductions in the number of squadrons reflect consolidations and organizational changes.
^d A previously planned reduction to 906 aircraft has been delayed to FY 2001 because of delays in converting some combat units into training units.
^e Excludes auxiliaries and sealift forces.

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