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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. 092-99
March 08, 1999 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR JANUARY 31, 1999 SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Jan. 31, 1999 was 1,379,756. This is a decrease of 1,278 from Dec. 31, 1998 and a decrease of 43,010 from Jan. 31, 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 1998 was also 65,000 military personnel.
January 1999 strength figures for each military Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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1/31/99 |
12/31/98 |
Change from
Amount |
Previous Month
Percent |
1/31/98 |
| Total DoD |
1,379,756 |
1,381,034 |
-1,278 |
-0.09 |
1,422,766 |
| Army |
473,595 |
474,217 |
-622 |
-0.13 |
488,002 |
| Navy |
370,343 |
371,762 |
-1,419 |
-0.38 |
388,943 |
| Marine Corps |
172,369 |
171,265 |
1,104 |
0.64 |
172,417 |
| Air Force |
363,449 |
363,790 |
-341 |
-0.09 |
373,404 |
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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