| No. 474-98 | ||
| (703)695-0192(media) | ||
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | September 11, 1998 | (703)697-5737(public/industry) |
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on July 31, 1998 was 1,403,114. This is an increase of 1,494 from June 30, 1998 and a decrease of 34,037 from July 31, 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.
July 1998 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
| 7/31/98 | 6/30/98 | Change from | Previous Month | 7/31/97 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Percent | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total DoD | 1,403,114 | 1,401,620 | 1,494 | 0.11 |
1,437,151 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 480,623 | 479,365 | 1,258 | 0.26 | 486,902 | |||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 381,008 | 380,638 | 370 | 0.10 | 396,178 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marine Corps | 171,672 | 171,288 | 384 | 0.22 | 172,865 | |||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 369,811 |
370,329 | -518 | -0.14 |
381,206 | |||||||||||||||||
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.