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To: cva66snipe; Jeff Head; EternalVigilance

Snipe as I recall you use to the exact numbers of our Troop Strength numbers. You’ve posted before in the past, can you post it again?


16 posted on 05/20/2016 1:57:29 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! The Party of the Republic Vote Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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To: StoneWall Brigade
Be glad too. I don't have the latest numbers I think they stop in 2004. But we all know they didn't go up.

Department of Defense Personnel (End of Fiscal Year Strength in Thousands) Percent Change
FY 1987-1997 is -33% in Total Active Duty

FY 1987 Active Military 2,174,000
Army 781,000
Navy 587,000
Marines 199,000
Air Force 607,000

FY 1996
1,482,000 Active Duty
Army 495,000
Navy 424,000
Marines 174,000
Air Force 388,000

FY 1997 Active Duty 1,457,000
Army 495,000
Navy 407,000
Marines 174,000
Air Force 381,000

1998 authorization for end strength active duty

Army 495,000
Navy 390,802
Marines 174,000
Air Force 371,577

SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.

The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2002, as follows:
(1) The Army, 480,000.
(2) The Navy, 376,000.
(3) The Marine Corps, 172,600.
(4) The Air Force, 358,800.

SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES.

The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2004, as follows:
(1) The Army, 482,400.
(2) The Navy, 373,800. currently Active Duty: 381,135
(3) The Marine Corps, 175,000.
(4) The Air Force, 359,300

17 posted on 05/20/2016 1:35:42 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: StoneWall Brigade

This site shows the new numbers for 2016-2017 as well as for 2010. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/end-strength.htm


18 posted on 05/20/2016 1:51:31 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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