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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. 473-99
October 08, 1999 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR AUGUST 31, 1999SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Aug. 31, 1999, was 1,377,365. This is an increase of 83 from July 31, 1999, and a decrease of 26,981 from Aug. 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.
August 1999 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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8/31/99 |
7/31/99 |
Change From |
Previous Month |
8/31/98 |
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Percent |
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Total DoD |
1,377,365 |
1,377,282 |
83 |
0.01
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1,404,346 |
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Army |
473,613 |
472,496 |
1,117 |
0.24
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481,537 |
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Navy |
371,295 |
370,864 |
431 |
0.12 |
381,373 |
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Marine Corps |
171,254 |
171,852 |
-598 |
-0.35 |
172,632 |
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Air Force |
361,203 |
362,070 |
-867 |
-0.24
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368,804 |
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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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