2021 USAF & USSF Almanac: DOD Personnel

DOD TOTAL FORCE END STRENGTH

(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2020)

FISCAL YEAR	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Active-Duty Military							Enacted	Req
USAF	311	317	323	326	328	330	329	328
Army	491	475	476	476	484	481	486	485
Marine Corps	184	184	185	186	186	181	181	179
Navy	328	325	324	330	337	342	348	346
USSF						*	6	8
Full-time Guard and Reserve	76	76	75	79	83	87 enact	90 req
TOTAL	1,390	1,378	1,382	1,397	1,422

Selected Reserve
Air National Guard	106	106	106	107	107	107	108	108
AFRC	68	69	69	69	69	69	71	70
Army National Guard	350	342	344	335	336	336	337	336
Army Reserve	199	198	194	189	191	189	190	190
Marine Corps Reserve	39	38	39	38	38	36	36	37
Navy Reserve	57	58	58	59	60	59	59	59
TOTAL	819	812	810	797	801	796	801	800

Appropriated-Fund Civilian Full-time Equivalents
DAF	166	167	167	170	172	170	173	176
Army	206	195	191	189	190	251	185	187
Navy/Marine Corps	199	204	206	209	218	220	210	211
Defense Agencies	187	189	191	193	216	114	210	212
TOTAL	758	755	756	761	796	755	778	786

Sources: Defense Manpower Data Center, Number of Military and DoD Appropriated Fund (APF) Civilian Personnel Permanently Assigned; National Defense Budget Estimates for 2021 and 2022.
*85 military personnel had transferred into the USSF as of Sept. 30, 2020.
Totals may not add precisely due to rounding.

Airmen assigned to the 77th Weapons Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, greet each other before a U.S. Air Force Weapons School integration exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev. **William Lewis**

DOD MILITARY DEMOGRAPHICS BY SERVICE

(As of Sept. 2020)

	DOD	%	DAF	%
Highest Educational Achievement
No High School Diploma or GED	27,106	1.3	45	****
High School Diploma/GED or Some College	1,400,410	65.8	169,725	51.8
Associate Degree	176,887	8.3	63,451	19.4
Bachelor’s Degree	318,447	15.0	50,200	15.3
Advanced Degree	175,358	8.2	40,130	12.2
Unknown	29,317	1.4	4,327	1.3
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	329,453	15.5	49,229	15.0
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,798,072	84.5	278,649	85.0
Marital Status
Divorced	114,732	5.4	19,277	5.9
Married	1,020,572	48.0	176,682	53.9
Never Married	988,964	46.5	131,692	40.2
Other**	3,257	0.2	227	0.1
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	20,722	1.0	2,306	0.7
Asian	97,320	4.6	13,464	4.1
Black or African American	358,742	16.9	48,257	14.7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21,065	1.0	3,867	1.2
White	1,501,942	70.6	233,904	71.3
Multi-racial***	53,605	2.5	14,207	4.3
Other/Unknown	74,129	3.5	11,873	3.6
Sex
Female	390,071	18.3	68,137	20.8
Male	1,737,454	81.7	259,741	79.2

Chief Master Sgt. Mark Umfleet, 317th Airlift Wing command chief, tests HaptX Gloves Development Kit 2 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. **Airman 1st Class Colin Hollowell**

	ARMY	%	MARINE CORPS	%	NAVY	%
Highest Educational Achievement
No High School Diploma or GED	699	0.2	38	****	833	0.3
High School Diploma/GED or Some College	331,606	69.1	158,325	85.1	230,055	69.2
Associate Degree	27,695	5.8	3,974	2.1	22,616	6.8
Bachelor’s Degree	77,045	16.1	18,050	9.7	41,103	12.4
Advanced Degree	41,316	8.6	4,635	2.5	22,996	6.9
Unknown	1,424	0.3	987	0.5	14,925	4.5
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	77,440	16.1	41,956	22.6	52,929	15.9
Not Hispanic or Latino	402,345	83.9	144,053	77.4	279,599	84.1
Marital Status
Divorced	24,019	5.0	5,546	3.0	14,147	4.3
Married	253,262	52.8	75,157	40.4	166,708	50.1
Never Married	201,950	42.1	105,219	56.6	150,556	45.3
Other**	554	0.1	87	0.1	1,117	0.3
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	3,574	0.7	1,953	1.1	6,794	2.0
Asian	23,859	5.0	5,780	3.1	19,007	5.7
Black or African American	102,746	21.4	19,389	10.4	57,344	17.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,589	1.2	2,015	1.1	3,848	1.2
White	324,351	67.6	148,657	79.9	205,524	61.8
Multi-racial***	n/a	n/a	2,267	1.2	23,122	7.0
Other/Unknown	19,666	4.1	5,948	3.2	16,889	5.1
Sex
Female	73,365	15.3	16,621	8.9	66,637	20.0
Male	406,420	84.7	169,388	91.1	265,891	80.0

*DOD numbers combine both active and reserve; the others are Active-duty only. **Includes annulled, widowed, and unknown.
***Army and Army Reserve do not report “Multi-racial.” ****Less than 0.1%.

Senior Airman Annalisse Jaramillo, 349th Security Force Squadron member, awaits takeoff in a C-17 Globemaster III during exercise Nexus Dawn at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. **2nd Lt. Daniel Phelps**

DOD ACTIVE DUTY BY
ENLISTED/OFFICER AND SEX

(As of Sept. 30, 2020)

	DOD	%	DAF	%
Cadet/Midshipman	13,190	1.0	4,176	1.3
Female	3,549	26.9	1,194	28.6
Male	9,641	73.1	2,982	71.4
Enlisted	1,099,125	81.6	265,369	79.5
Female	185,687	16.9	55,239	20.8
Male	913,438	83.1	210,130	79.2
Officer	234,336	17.4	64,245	19.3
Female	44,199	18.9	14,325	22.3
Male	190,137	81.1	49,920	77.7
TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY	1,346,651		333,790

Honor Guard members from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, line up to present the colors during a Memorial Day ceremony in Fairborn, Ohio. **Wesley Farnsworth**

	ARMY	%	MARINE CORPS	%	NAVY	%
Cadet/Midshipman	4,490	0.9	0	0.0	4,524	1.3
Female	1,070	23.8	0	0.0	1,285	28.4
Male	3,420	76.2	0	0.0	3,239	71.6
Enlisted	387,911	79.9	159,508	88.2	286,337	82.6
Female	57,594	14.9	14,301	9.0	58,553	20.5
Male	330,317	85.2	145,207	91.0	227,784	79.6
Officer	92,982	19.2	21,450	11.9	55,659	16.1
Female	16,951	18.2	1,847	8.6	11,076	19.9
Male	76,031	81.8	19,603	91.4	44,583	80.1
TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY	485,383		180,958		346,520

Sources: Defense Manpower Data Center, Active Duty Military Personnel by Rank/Grade and Service; and Table of Active Duty Females by Rank/Grade and Service