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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. 573-99
December 16, 1999 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 31, 1999 SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Oct. 31, 1999 was 1,377,753. This is a decrease of 7,950 from Sept. 30, 1999 and a decrease of 18,677 from Oct. 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 1999 was also 65,000 military personnel.
Oct. 1999 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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10/31/99 |
9/30/99 |
Change From |
Previous Month |
10/31/98 |
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*Revised |
Amount |
Percent |
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Total DoD |
1,377,753 |
1,385,703 |
-7,950 |
-0.57
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1,396,430 |
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Army |
474,903 |
479,426 |
-4,523 |
-0.94 |
480,721 |
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Navy |
370,985 |
*373,046 |
-2,061 |
-0.55 |
377,039 |
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Marine Corps |
172,812 |
172,641 |
171 |
0.10 |
173,031 |
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Air Force |
359,053 |
360,590 |
-1,537 |
-0.43
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365,639 |
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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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