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| No. 425-98 | ||
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| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | August 10, 1998 | (703)697-5737(public/industry) |
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on June 30, 1998 was 1,401,620. This is an increase of 2,647 from May 31, 1998 and a decrease of 34,035 from June 30, 1997.
These figures represent full-time military personnel comprising both regular and reserves on active duty and officer candidates, including cadets at the three military academies.
Excluded from these figures are approximately 65,000 full-time military personnel who are paid from other than active duty military personnel appropriations. This group is funded from appropriations for reserve components and Corps of Engineers civil functions. A comparable figure for Fiscal Year 1997 was also 65,000 military personnel.
June 1998 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
| 6/30/98 | 5/31/98 | Change from | Previous Month | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Actual) | (Actual) | Amount | Percent | 6/30/97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total DoD | 1,401,620 | 1,398,973 | 2,647 | 0.19 |
1,435,655 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 479,365 | 478,118 | 1,247 | 0.26 | 484,319 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 380,638 | 380,752 | -114 | -0.03 | 396,949 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Marine Corps | 171,288 | 170,327 | 961 | 0.56 | 172,329 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 370,329 | 369,776 | 553 | 0.15 | 382,058 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The active duty personnel strength data provided does not include Selected Reserve strength ordered to active duty by the President under Title 10, United States Code 12304.