I want to join the army and i'm just curious, i know we rely heavily on technology and we are the strongest in the world. I also know that we have 1.6 people in our whole military, but i also know that the true size of our army is classified, anyone have a good idea on how big? I say with standing army and reserve, not counting national guard we have a little over 700,000.
2006-10-12 15:03:00 · 13 answers · asked by john 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Actually, a little less than 700,000. According to this website, the Army's personnel strength is 616,000, including Reserves and National Guard activated.
Congress has recently approved increasing the numbers for the active duty side from 482,400, to 512,400 through FY09.
2006-10-12 15:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh god, I answered this one yesterday.
United States Armed Forces
Military manpower
Military age 17-45 years old[1]
Availability males & females ages 17-49: 134,813,023 (2005 est.).
Citizenship Regular Army: No Citizenship Requirement For Enlisted Members / All Officers must be US Citizens. National Guard: Citizens Only.
Reaching military age annually males & females: 4,180,074 (2005 est.)
Total armed forces 1,421,950 (Ranked 3rd)
Active troops 1,421,950 (Ranked 2nd)
Total troops 2,361,289 (Ranked 8th)
Military expenditures
Dollar figure $441.6 billion (FY2006 est.)
Percent of GDP 3.7% (FY2006 est.)
Does that do it for you. Go to the link if you want break down by service etc.
2006-10-13 11:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 13:52:50 · answer #3 · answered by anirudh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As of September 2003 we had active duty in the Army 499,300 and 127,500 mobilized reservists.
2006-10-12 15:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by Gigs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not enough for wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea... the way the Bush administration is going I'm pretty sure if it was only Afghanistan we'd still be trouble... Bush is a incompetent fool.
2006-10-12 15:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by rjakjr 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There is no real answer to that question. People are joining by the day.
2006-10-13 12:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by Natasha M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the commercials and papers say its just one. an army of one no wonder we are getting our butts kicked in Iraq
2006-10-12 22:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by panther_nut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have read only about half of them, and a third of them who are in are not sure.
2006-10-12 20:34:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are NO soldiers in the US Navy,, but there are a bunch of Seamen
2006-10-12 15:12:22 · answer #9 · answered by tom l 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
enough to kick sand in iran and kimchee in north korea!
2006-10-12 17:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋