TABLE 2-6


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MILITARY PERSONNEL EXCLUDING CADETS DEPENDENTS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL -------------------- -------------------------------------------- NUMBER NUMBER COMPONENT/ TOTAL NUMBER TOTAL PARENTS PER MIL PER FAM PERSONNEL NUMBER MALES NUMBER SPOUSES CHILDREN & OTHERS MALE UNIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARMY OFFICERS 80,628 70,044 152,472 56,658 94,996 818 2.18 2.69 ENLISTED 406,502 347,993 628,495 225,452 400,063 2,980 1.81 2.79 TOTAL 487,130 418,037 780,967 282,110 495,059 3,798 1.87 2.77 NAVY OFFICERS 57,477 49,652 106,242 44,720 61,267 255 2.14 2.38 ENLISTED 355,048 308,800 551,063 226,310 321,650 3,103 1.78 2.43 TOTAL 412,525 358,452 657,305 271,030 382,917 3,358 1.83 2.43 MARINE CORPS OFFICERS 17,931 17,181 32,478 12,599 19,832 47 1.89 2.58 ENLISTED 156,952 149,138 151,625 64,364 86,875 386 1.02 2.36 TOTAL 174,883 166,319 184,103 76,963 106,707 433 1.11 2.39 AIR FORCE OFFICERS 76,388 64,341 139,590 57,953 80,979 658 2.17 2.41 ENLISTED 308,608 256,479 463,013 201,824 258,758 2,431 1.81 2.29 TOTAL 384,996 320,820 602,603 259,777 339,737 3,089 1.88 2.32 DOD OFFICERS 232,424 201,218 430,782 171,930 257,074 1,778 2.14 2.51 ENLISTED 1,227,110 1,062,410 1,794,196 717,950 1,067,346 8,900 1.69 2.50 TOTAL 1,459,534 1,263,628 2,224,978 889,880 1,324,420 10,678 1.76 2.50