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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. 520-98
October 06, 1998 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR AUGUST 31, 1998SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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:
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8/31/98 |
7/31/98 |
Change from |
Previous Month |
8/31/97 |
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Percent |
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Total DoD |
1,404,346 |
1,403,114 |
1,232 |
0.09 |
1,438,030 |
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Army |
481,537 |
480,623 |
914 |
0.19 |
489,267 |
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Navy |
381,373 |
381,008 |
365 |
0.10 |
395,072 |
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Marine Corps |
172,632 |
171,672 |
960 |
0.56 |
174,025 |
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Air Force |
368,804 |
369,811 |
-1007 |
-0.27 |
379,666 |
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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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