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| No. 028-99 | ||
| (703)695-0192(media) | ||
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | January 25, 1999 | (703)697-5737(public/industry) |
The total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on Nov. 30, 1998 was 1,389,558. This is a decrease of 6,872 from Oct. 31, 1998 and a decrease of 38,552 from Nov. 30, 1997.
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 Year 1998 was also 65,000 military personnel.
November 1998 strength figures for each Service with month-ago and year-ago figures for comparison are:
| 11/30/98 | 10/31/98 | Change from | Previous Month | 11/30/97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amount | Percent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total DoD | 1,389,558 | 1,396,430 | -6,872 | -0.49 |
1,428,110 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 478,034 |
480,721 |
-2,687 | -0.56 |
489,752 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 374,484 | 377,039 |
-2,555 | -0.68 | 389,804 |
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| Marine Corps | 172,617 | 173,031 | -414 | -0.24 | 173,538 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 364,423 |
365,639 |
-1,216 |
-0.33 |
375,016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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