:Personnel facts and figures (July 27, 1994)
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- (NOTE TO EDITORS: FOLLOWING
IS A LIST OF PERSONNEL FACTS AND FIGURES PROVIDED FOR YOUR USE AS
BACKGROUND FOR YOUR ARTICLES/RELEASES OR FOR INFOGRAPHICS.
FACTS AND FIGURES
Number of active Army soldiers ..... 563,555
Total Force:
Commissioned and warrant officers .. 86,753
Enlisted soldiers .................. 472,671
West Point cadets .................. 4,131
Reserve Officer Training Corps ..... 31,606
Civilian employees ................. 283,900
Army National Guard (a/o 9404) ..... 405,753
Army Reserve ....................... 235,177
Total force ...................... 1,519,991
Officer composition:
Captains and lieutenants ................... 60.6 percent
Colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors ... 38.9 percent
Generals ................................... 0.5 percent
Noncommissioned officer composition:
Staff sergeants and sergeants .............. 73.1 percent
Sergeants first class ...................... 20.1 percent
Master sergeants ........................... 5.3 percent
Sergeants major ............................ 1.5 percent
Women:
Comprise 12.8 percent of active Army
Number on active duty have increased from 13,000 (in 1972)
to 72,128
Enlisted women .... 60,579
Commissioned ...... 10,537
Warrant officers .. 523
Families:
Married officers .................... 79 percent
Married enlisted soldiers ........... 62 percent
Soldiers married to servicemembers .. 35,039
Education:
Officers with bachelor's degrees ............. 98.2 percent
Officers with master's degrees ............... 41.2 percent
Officers with doctorates ..................... 1.2 percent
Warrant officers with associate's degrees .... 61 percent
Warrant officers with bachelor's degrees ..... 21 percent
Warrant officers with master's degrees ....... 3 percent
Enlisted soldiers with bachelor's degrees .... 3 percent
Enlisted soldiers with high school diplomas .. 90 percent
Racial/ethnic composition:
Force (%) Commissioned officers (%) Enlisted (%)
White 62 82 59
Black 27 11 30
Hispanic 5 2.7 5
Other 5 4.2 6
Retirees (a/o 9306):
Retired members ................... 611,839
Average officer retirement rank ... lieutenant colonel
Average officer retirement age .... 43 years
Average enlisted retirement rank .. sergeant first class
Average enlisted retirement age ... 41 years
SOURCE: Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
statistics (March 1994)
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