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| No. 520-98 | ||
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| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | October 6, 1998 | (703)697-5737(public/industry) |
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Aug. 31, 1998 was 1,404,346. This is an increase of 1,232 from July 31, 1998 and a decrease of 33,684 from Aug. 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.
August 1998 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
| 8/31/98 | 7/31/98 | Change from | Previous Month | 8/31/97 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Percent | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total DoD | 1,404,346 | 1,403,114 | 1,232 | 0.09 | 1,438,030 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 481,537 | 480,623 | 914 | 0.19 | 489,267 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 381,373 | 381,008 | 365 | 0.10 | 395,072 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marine Corps | 172,632 | 171,672 | 960 | 0.56 | 174,025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 368,804 | 369,811 | -1007 | -0.27 | 379,666 | |||||||||||||||||||
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.