2025 USAF & USSF Almanac: DOD Personnel

DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

Fiscal 2024 end strength is as of Sept. 30, 2024, except where noted by a single *. Congress approved a full-year continuing resolution to fund the government for fiscal 2025 at the same levels as fiscal 2024. The fiscal 2025 estimate shown here is the fiscal 2024 authorized end strength.
The White House had not proposed a fiscal 2026 federal budget by press time.

(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2024)

Fiscal Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025 estimated
*Active-Duty Military*
USAF	311	317	323	326	328	330	328	324	315	319	325
Army	491	475	476	476	484	481	487	465	449	453	452
Marine Corps	184	184	185	186	186	181	180	174	173	173	175
Navy	328	325	324	330	337	342	348	344	328	332	347
USSF							7	8	9	9	9
Full-time Guard and Reserve	76	76	75	79	83	87	90	90	90*	92*	92
Total	1,390	1,378	1,382	1,397	1,422	1,421	1,439	1,405	1,364*	1,372**	1,397

*Selected Reserve*
Air National Guard	106	106	106	107	107	107	109	108	105	104	107
AFRC	68	69	69	69	69	69	71	68	66	66	70
Army National Guard	350	342	344	335	336	336	338	329	325	324	325
Army Reserve	199	198	194	189	191	189	184	176	177	173	174
Marine Corps Reserve	39	38	39	38	38	36	35	33	33	33	32
Navy Reserve	57	58	58	59	60	59	58	55	55	56	57
Total	819	812	810	797	801	796	794	769	768	756	764

*Appropriated-Fund Civilian Full-time Equivalents*
DAF	166	167	167	170	172	170	173	177	177	181	180
Army	206	195	191	189	190	251	250	218	228	229	195
Navy/Marine Corps	199	204	206	209	218	220	205	217	217	223	221
Defense Agencies	187	189	191	193	216	114	114	156	156	93	221
Total	758	755	756	761	796	755	762	779	779	726	817

*Estimate based on the fiscal 2024 authorized end strength. **Total includes one estimate.
Source: National Defense Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2025, Financial Summary Tables; Number of Military and DoD Appropriated Fund (APF) Civilian Personnel

DOD ACTIVE DUTY BY ENLISTED/OFFICER AND SEX

(As of Sept. 30, 2024)

	DOD		Air Force		Army		Marine Corps		Navy		Space Force
		%		%		%		%		%		%
Cadet/Midshipman
Female	3,513	27.2	1,197	29.6	1,003	22.4	n/a	n/a	1,313	29.8	n/a	n/a
Male	9,401	72.8	2,841	70.4	3,473	77.6	n/a	n/a	3,087	70.2	n/a	n/a
Enlisted
Female	178,974	17.3	52,526	20.9	53,510	15.1	15,023	9.9	57,048	20.9	867	17.8
Male	855,183	82.7	198,886	26.4	299,816	84.9	136,732	90.1	215,744	79.1	4,005	82.2
*Officer*
Female	48,140	20.1	15,039	24.9	17,907	19.5	2,251	10.5	12,009	21.8	934	20.4
Male	185,441	79.9	45,469	75.1	74,107	80.5	19,090	89.5	43,135	78.2	3,640	79.6
Total Active Duty	1,280,652		315,958		449,816		173,096		332,336		9,446

Sources: Defense Manpower Data Center, Active Duty Military Personnel by Rank/Grade and Service; and Table of Active Duty Females by Rank/Grade and Service

A F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 95th Fighter Squadron soars through the skies during exercise Checkered Flag 25-2 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., May 14, 2025. This large-scale aerial exercise brings together advanced fighter and support aircraft to sharpen the tactical skills of pilots and maintainers alike, reinforcing their ability to deliver rapid, lethal combat airpower in support of global operations. **U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zeeshan Naeem**

DOD ACTIVE MILITARY DEMOGRAPHICS BY SERVICE

(As of Sept. 30, 2024)

	DOD	%	Air Force	%	Space Force	%	Army	%	Marine Corps	%	Navy	%
Total	1,273,382	100	314,648	24.7	8,879	0.7	449,344	35.3	172,577	13.6	327,934	25.8
Highest Educational Achievement
No High School Diploma or GED	1,089	0.1	99	0	0	0	453	0.1	63	0	474	0.1
High School Diploma/GED or Some College	822,729	64.6	167,002	53.1	2,547	28.7	283,603	63.1	144,226	83.6	225,351	68.7
Associate Degree	98,653	7.7	46,528	14.8	824	9.3	25,409	5.7	4,514	2.6	21,378	6.5
Bachelor’s Degree	194,415	15.3	54,281	17.3	2,432	27.4	76,814	17.1	18,206	10.5	42,682	13
Advanced Degree	106,916	8.4	38,149	12.1	2,727	30.7	38,581	8.6	5,117	3	22,342	6.8
Unknown	49,580	3.9	8,589	2.7	349	3.9	24,484	5.4	451	0.3	15,707	4.8
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	248,480	19.5	54,877	17.4	1,287	14.5	84,380	18.8	47,755	27.7	60,181	18.4
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,024,902	80.5	259,771	82.6	7,592	85.5	364,964	81.2	124,822	72.3	267,753	81.6
Marital Status
Divorced	61,523	4.8	19,153	6.1	408	4.6	22,806	45	5,176	3	13,980	4.3
Married	620,854	48.8	166,918	53	5,203	58.6	223,111	49.7	67,043	38.8	158,579	48.4
Never Married	588,384	46.2	128,328	40.8	3,252	36.6	202,172	5.1	100,275	58.1	154,357	47.1
Other*	2,621	0.2	249	0.1	16	0.2	1,255	0.3	83	0	1,018	0.3
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	13,923	1.1	2,672	0.8	60	0.7	3,519	0.8	2,216	1.3	5,456	1.7
Asian	46,442	3.6	15,621	5	620	7	2,866	0.6	6,244	3.6	21,091	6.4
Black or African American	224,212	17.6	48,461	15.4	754	8.5	95,149	21.2	19,671	11.4	60,177	18.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11,036	0.9	4,076	1.3	82	0.9	871	0.2	1,971	1.1	4,036	1.2
Multi-racial**	85,139	6.7	16,431	5.2	563	6.3	44,352	9.9	2,755	1.6	21,038	6.4
White	866,315	68	217,310	69.1	6,433	72.5	299,287	66.6	137,841	79.9	205,444	62.6
Other/Unknown	26,315	2.1	10,077	3.2	367	4.1	3,300	0.7	1,879	1.1	10,692	3.3
Sex***
Female	225,119	17.7	67,754	78.5	1,687	19	70,539	15.7	16,763	9.7	68,376	20.9
Male	1,048,250	82.3	246,894	21.5	7,192	81	378,792	84.3	155,814	90.3	259,558	79.1

*Includes annulled, widowed, and unknown. **The Army does not report “multi-racial.” ***13 members of the Army were categorized as “unknown.” Source: 2023 Demographics Profile of the Military Community

Personnel

DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

DOD ACTIVE DUTY BY ENLISTED/OFFICER AND SEX

DOD ACTIVE MILITARY DEMOGRAPHICS BY SERVICE

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