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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. 004-00
January 06, 2000 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 30, 1999 SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Nov. 30, 1999, was 1,374,746. This is a decrease of 3,007 from Oct. 31, 1999, and a decrease of 14,812 from Nov. 30, 1998.
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 1999 was also 65,000 military personnel.
Nov. 1999 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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11/30/99 |
10/31/99 |
Change From |
Previous Month |
10/31/98 |
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Percent |
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Total DoD |
1,374,746 |
1,377,753 |
-3,007 |
-0.22 |
1,389,558 |
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Army |
474,891 |
474,903 |
-12 |
-0.00 |
478,034 |
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Navy |
370,228 |
370,985 |
-757 |
-0.20 |
374,484 |
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Marine Corps |
171,796 |
172,812 |
-1,016 |
-0.59 |
172,617 |
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Air Force |
357,831 |
359,053 |
-1,222 |
-0.34 |
364,423 |
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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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