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To: ManyMoose who wrote (336775)12/1/2009 3:02:42 PM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793896
 
Wikipedia gives these figures:

700,000 civilian
2,300,000 military (2004)


Wiki is not current.

On 9/30/09

Army 553,044
Navy 329,304
USMC 202,786
USNAV 333,408

Total 1,418,542

Coast Guard 43,628

As of 200909 DOD total civilian 736,592 only 43,082 in foreign countries. Plus an estimated 300,000 contractors world-wide.