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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
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| IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
No. 047-98
February 04, 1998 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 31, 1997SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Dec. 31, 1997 was 1,418,773.
This is a decrease of 9,337 from Nov. 30, 1997 and a decrease of 37,493 from Dec. 31, 1996.
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.
December 1997 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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12/31/97 |
11/30/97 |
Change from Prev. Month |
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(Actual) |
(Actual) |
Amount |
Percent |
12/31/96 |
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Total DoD |
1,418,773 |
1,428,110 |
-9,337 |
-0.65% |
1,456,266 |
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Army |
485,088 |
489,752 |
-4,664 |
-0.95% |
485,180 |
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Navy |
387,774 |
389,804 |
-2,030 |
-0.52% |
413,065 |
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Marine Corps |
171,637 |
173,538 |
-1,901 |
-1.10% |
173,595 |
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Air Force |
374,274 |
375,016 |
-742 |
-0.20% |
384,426 |
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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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