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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. 166-00
April 05, 2000 |
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MILITARY STRENGTH FIRGURES FOR FEBRUARY 29, 2000 SUMMARIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Feb. 29, 2000, was 1,369,022. This is a decrease of 1,215 from Jan. 31, 2000, and a decrease of 7,035 from Feb. 28, 1999.
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.
February 2000 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
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2/29/00 |
1/31/00 |
Change From |
Previous Month |
2/28/99 |
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Percent |
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Total DoD |
1,369,022 |
1,370,237 |
-1,215 |
-0.09
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1,376,057 |
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Army |
474,219 |
474,205 |
14 |
0.00 |
472,228 |
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Navy |
368,420 |
368,440 |
-20 |
-0.01 |
368,637 |
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Marine Corps |
171,344 |
171,701 |
-357 |
-0.21 |
172,071 |
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Air Force |
355,039 |
355,891 |
-852 |
-0.24
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363,121 |
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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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