What is the number people in of each branch of our military?

Question

Can anyone give me a rough breakdown of the number of people in each branch of the service?

In the same vein, out of those numbers, does anyone have a rough breakdoon of of people in the combat arms, as opposed to rear echelon?

I was in Viet Nam, and am aware that only approximately 5% of those in country were in the bush, on the front lines. Is the same ratio still true? Or is Iraq different because even the rear echelon seems to be more at risk?

Thanks for your response.

Answer 1

Check the source link. It has all the figures that you're looking for. There's a chart with a breakdown of each branch and it contains a link to deployment figures. This was the best article I could find and it seemed accurate. I found this info at Wikipedia, so I'm sure it's close to facts.

Thanks for your service to our country. We admire everything you've done. We've been in 18 years and he's deployed 3 times so far. We look forward to retirement now, but it's been a pretty good life.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Depends on which branch and whether or not we heard the right figure of those dead for the day....