US Military Force Strengths
The U.S. maintains forces both inside and outside the continental United States. Force
strengths are 1990 estimates of the at home strengths as well as forward deployed
strengths (as in Europe or the Middle East):
Forward
Service At Home Deployed Total
US Navy ~281,000 ~300,000 581,000
US Air Force ~366,000 ~200,000 566,000
US Army ~481,000 ~300,000 781,000
US Marine Corps ~75,000 ~75,000 150,000
Grand Total 1,203,000 875,000 2,078,000
Note: The above figures are prior to the drawdown of U.S. forces deemed
necessary in light of the
reduction of threat due to the breakup of the former Soviet Union.
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