2024 USAF & USSF Almanac: DOD Personnel

DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

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

Fiscal Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 requested	2025 request
*Active-Duty Military*
USAF	311	317	323	326	328	330	328	324	315	324	320
Army	491	475	476	476	484	481	487	465	449	452	442
Marine Corps	184	184	185	186	186	181	180	174	173	172	172
Navy	328	325	324	330	337	342	348	344	328	347	332
USSF							7	8	9	9	10
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*	1,396	1,368*

*Selected Reserve*
Air National Guard	106	106	106	107	107	107	109	108	105	108	107
AFRC	68	69	69	69	69	69	71	68	66	70	67
Army National Guard	350	342	344	335	336	336	338	329	325	325	325
Army Reserve	199	198	194	189	191	189	184	176	177	175	176
Marine Corps Reserve	39	38	39	38	38	36	35	33	33	34	33
Navy Reserve	57	58	58	59	60	59	58	55	55	57	58
Total	819	812	810	797	801	796	794	769	768	769	766

*Appropriated-Fund Civilian Full-time Equivalents*
DAF	166	167	167	170	172	170	173	177	177	178	175
Army	206	195	191	189	190	251	250	218	228	185	184
Navy/Marine Corps	199	204	206	209	218	220	205	217	217	215	218
Defense Agencies	187	189	191	193	216	114	114	156	156	217	218
Total	758	755	756	761	796	755	762	779	779	795	795

*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)

	DOD		Air Force		Army		Marine Corps		Navy		Space Force
		%		%		%		%		%		%
Cadet/Midshipman
Female	3,506	27.1	1,203	29.7	997	22.1	n/a	n/a	1,306	29.8	n/a	n/a
Male	9,442	72.9	2,847	70.3	3,513	77.9	n/a	n/a	3,082	70.2	n/a	n/a
Enlisted
Female	177,989	17.1	53,145	20.9	52,819	14.8	14,592	9.6	56,605	20.8	828	18.6
Male	860,838	82.9	200,759	79.1	303,652	85.2	136,740	90.4	216,060	79.2	3,627	81.4
*Officer*
Female	47,088	20.1	14,609	24.1	17,678	19.1	2,171	10.2	11,771	21.3	859	19.4
Male	187,164	79.9	46,135	75.9	74,892	80.9	19,074	89.8	43,498	78.7	3,565	80.6
Total Active Duty	1,286,027		318,698		453,551		172,577		332,322		8,879

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 GED	0.1	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0
High School Diploma/GED or Some College	65.8	51.9	52.5	27.4	66.8	68.9	83.5
Associate Degree	8.5	17.1	17.2	10.5	6	6.6	2.6
Bachelor’s Degree	15.1	16.5	16.3	26.4	17.6	12.6	10.7
Advanced Degree	8.4	12.3	11.9	31.2	8.9	6.7	2.9
Unknown	2.1	2.2	2.1	4.5	0.7	5	0.3
*Race*
American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.7	1.2
Asian	5.2	4.8	4.7	6.7	5.3	6.1	3.6
Black or African American	17.3	15	15.2	8.4	21.1	17.8	11
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.1
Multi-racial**	3.1	5	5	6	n/a	6.4	1.5
White	68.8	69.8	69.7	72.8	68	63	80.3
Other/Unknown	3.3	3.4	3.3	4.5	3.6	3.7	1.3

*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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DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

DOD ACTIVE DUTY BY ENLISTED/OFFICER AND SEX

DOD MILITARY DEMOGRAPHICS BY SERVICE

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