2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: DOD Personnel 

June 7, 2024

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DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2023)

Fiscal Year2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
requested
2025
request
Active-Duty Military
USAF311317323326328330328324315324320
Army491475476476484481487465449452442
Marine Corps184184185186186181180174173172172
Navy328325324330337342348344328347332
USSF789910
Full-time Guard and Reserve767675798387909090*9292*
Total1,3901,3781,3821,3971,4221,4211,4391,4051,364*1,3961,368*
Selected Reserve
Air National Guard106106106107107107109108105108107
AFRC6869696969697168667067
Army National Guard350342344335336336338329325325325
Army Reserve199198194189191189184176177175176
Marine Corps Reserve3938393838363533333433
Navy Reserve5758585960595855555758
Total819812810797801796794769768769766
Appropriated-Fund Civilian Full-time Equivalents
DAF166167167170172170173177177178175
Army206195191189190251250218228185184
Navy/Marine Corps199204206209218220205217217215218
Defense Agencies187189191193216114114156156217218
Total758755756761796755762779779795795

*Estimate based on prior year.
Source: National Defense Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 2024; Number of Military and DoD Appropriated Fund (APF) Civilian Personnel

DOD ACTIVE DUTY BY ENLISTED/OFFICER AND SEX

(As of Sept. 30, 2023)

DODAir ForceArmyMarine CorpsNavySpace Force
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Cadet/Midshipman
Female3,50627.11,20329.799722.1n/an/a1,30629.8n/an/a
Male9,44272.92,84770.33,51377.9n/an/a3,08270.2n/an/a
Enlisted
Female177,98917.153,14520.952,81914.814,5929.656,60520.882818.6
Male860,83882.9200,75979.1303,65285.2136,74090.4216,06079.23,62781.4
Officer
Female47,08820.114,60924.117,67819.12,17110.211,77121.385919.4
Male187,16479.946,13575.974,89280.919,07489.843,49878.73,56580.6
Total Active Duty1,286,027318,698453,551172,577332,3228,879

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 C-130H Hercules, assigned to the 120th Airlift Wing, sits on the flightline during Agile Flag 24-1, an Agile Combat Employment exercise, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 30, 2024. Airman 1st Class Ivy Thomas/ANG

DOD MILITARY DEMOGRAPHICS BY SERVICE

(As of Sept. 2023)

DOD %DAF %Air Force %Space Force %Army %Navy %Marine Corps %
Highest Educational Achievement
No High School Diploma or GED0.10000.10.20
High School Diploma/GED or Some College65.851.952.527.466.868.983.5
Associate Degree8.517.117.210.566.62.6
Bachelor’s Degree15.116.516.326.417.612.610.7
Advanced Degree8.412.311.931.28.96.72.9
Unknown2.12.22.14.50.750.3
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native1.10.80.80.80.71.71.2
Asian5.24.84.76.75.36.13.6
Black or African American17.31515.28.421.117.811
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1.21.31.30.91.21.21.1
Multi-racial**3.1556n/a6.41.5
White68.869.869.772.8686380.3
Other/Unknown3.33.43.34.53.63.71.3

*Includes annulled, widowed, and unknown. 
**The Army does not report “Multi-racial.”
***One Army member categorized as “unknown.”
Source: 2022 Demographics Profile of the Military Community

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