U.S. Military Reserve Strength

Reserve Strength is the sum of: Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve/Inactive National Guard, and Standby Reserve. Selected Reserve: reservists belonging to a Selected Reserve unit which is organized, equipped, and trained to perform a wartime mission. Individual Ready Reserve/Inactive National Guard: individuals who served recently in the active forces reserve and have some type of remaining service obligation. Standby Reserve: individuals designated as key Department of Defense civilian employees, or otherwise affiliated with the military without being in the Selected or Individual Ready Reserve.

Year

Army National Guard

Army Reserve

Naval Reserve

Marine Corps Reserve

Air National Guard

Air Force Reserve

Total

2004	344,346	319,578	151,145	102,435	106,822	129,677	1,154,003
2003	353,227	330,039	155,375	99,553	108,137	129,345	1,175,676
2002	354,220	346,054	163,149	98,549	112,071	135,157	1,209,200
2001	355,878	358,126	174,104	99,884	108,485	139,523	1,236,000
2000	357,257	369,215	191,293	100,750	106,365	139,073	1,263,953
1999	362,059	391,409	202,411	99,388	105,715	143,172	1,304,154
1998	367,158	432,185	218,033	99,377	108,096	144,471	1,369,320
1997	374,773	486,977	238,227	99,589	110,022	151,148	1,460,736
1996	375,267	545,478	262,452	101,534	110,484	154,862	1,550,077
1995	381,372	619,218	280,063	103,884	109,825	164,639	1,659,001
1994	403,698	673,236	317,435	108,585	113,587	188,395	1,804,936
1993	416,813	714,857	302,387	111,604	117,162	204,081	1,866,904
1992	433,764	722,489	296,765	106,924	119,083	203,634	1,882,659
1991	454,194	669,944	270,961	95,989	117,786	177,454	1,786,328
1990	455,260	595,107	252,019	82,779	117,786	167,896	1,670,847
1989	467,086	594,464	248,040	81,529	116,061	153,630	1,660,810
1988	464,154	606,112	244,225	87,406	115,221	159,802	1,676,920
1987	462,143	601,488	237,748	88,243	114,595	153,182	1,657,399

Source: U.S. Department of Defense.

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Army; National Guard of the United States; United States Army; United States Marine Corps

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