Major Installations

Army

• Fort Carson
• Rocky Mountain Arsenal
• Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center

Air Force

• Buckley AGB
• Falcon AFB
• Peterson AFB
• USAF Academy

National Guard

Maj. Gen. Mason C. Whitney, Adjutant General

Capt. Susan Sayers, Public Affairs Officer

(303) 397-3020

Personnel Totals

Army 15,002

Navy & Marine Corps 955

Air Force 13,290

Active Duty Military 29,247

Reserve and National Guard 20,916

Total Personnel 50,163

Personnel

• 35,000 Coast Guard men and women on active duty
• 6,315 Coast Guard civilians
• 8,370 members serving in the Coast Guard Selected Reserve
• 32,000 volunteers serving in the Coast Guard Auxiliary
• 32,714 Coast Guard retirees and their families that are receiving benefits

Activities On any given day, the U.S. militaryþ

• Saves 10 lives at sea
• Confiscates 306 pounds of cocaine and 169 pounds of marijuana from drug smugglers Budget

Annual

• Coast Guard budget is approximately $4.4 billion

Increase in Deployments

• The Coast Guard deployed training teams to help more than 50 nations develop their navies/coast guards

Decrease in Resources

• Coast Guard personnel strength is the same as it was in 1967 — but its missions have expanded

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