Table D-17.  Active Component Officer Strength, FYs 1973-2005
           
           
  SERVICE  
FISCAL     MARINE AIR     TOTAL
YEAR ARMY  NAVY  CORPS  FORCE DoD   
1973 101,194 66,337 17,784 114,962 300,277
1974 91,872 63,380 17,421 110,437 283,110
1975 87,215 60,422 17,080 102,849 267,566
1976 85,600 59,992 17,594 99,228 262,414
1977 84,627 60,274 17,524 96,244 258,669
1978 84,330 59,672 17,180 95,462 256,644
1979 84,496 59,189 16,934 96,129 256,748
1980 85,352 60,237 16,974 97,901 260,464
1981 87,923 62,678 17,091 99,630 267,322
1982 88,984 64,571 17,712 102,188 273,455
1983 91,084 66,874 18,583 104,879 281,420
1984 92,796 65,796 18,945 106,239 283,783
1985 94,372 67,521 18,697 108,400 288,990
1986 94,845 68,922 18,734 109,051 291,552
1987 93,160 69,071 18,730 107,340 288,301
1988 92,170 69,576 18,558 105,127 285,431
1989 91,900 69,475 18,466 103,699 283,540
1990 89,672 69,426 18,105 100,047 277,250
1991 88,747 67,980 17,775 96,600 271,102
1992 81,312 66,253 17,270 90,378 255,213
1993 75,062 63,608 16,547 84,076 239,293
1994 72,410 59,265 16,003 81,004 228,682
1995 70,814 56,408 15,852 78,444 221,518
1996 68,971 55,602 16,028 76,389 216,990
1997 67,994 54,382 16,002 73,984 212,362
1998 66,980 53,206 16,075 71,893 208,154
1999 66,104 52,136 16,055 70,321 204,616
2000 65,352 51,540 16,008 69,022 201,922
2001 64,797 51,928 16,160 68,038 200,923
2002 66,583 52,961 16,402 71,687 207,633
2003 67,953 53,323 16,787 73,643 211,706
2004 68,634 52,707 16,742 74,304 212,387
2005 68,932 51,291 16,879 73,251 210,353