| No. 575-98 | ||
| (703)695-0192(media) | ||
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | November 5, 1998 | (703)697-5737(public/industry) |
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Sept. 30, 1998 was 1,406,830. This is an increase of 2,484 from Aug. 31, 1998 and a decrease of 31,732 from Sept. 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.
September 1998 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
| 9/30/98 | 8/31/98 | Change from | Previous Month | 9/30/97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Percent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total DoD | 1,406,830 | 1,404,346 |
2,484 | 0.18 |
1,438,562 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 483,880 | 481,537 | 2,343 | 0.49 | 491,707 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 382,338 |
381,373 | 965 | 0.25 | 395,564 |
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| Marine Corps | 173,142 |
172,632 | 510 | 0.30 | 173,906 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 367,470 |
368,804 |
-1,334 | -0.36 |
377,385 |
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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.
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