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Active Duty Service Personnel by Branch of Service, Officer/Enlisted Status & Sex

as of 30 September 2005

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Branch of Service &

Status*

 

Number of Women

 

Number of

Men

 

 

Total

Women as of Percentage of Total

Department of Defense**

     Officer

     Enlisted

     Total

 

 34,822

165,649

200,471

 

 191,313

 981,767

1,173,080

 

  226,135

1,147,416

1,373,551

 

15.4%

14.4%

14.6%

Army

     Officer

      Enlisted

      Total

 

12,442

57,196

69,635

 

 68,766

348,079

416,845

 

  81,208

405,275

486,483

 

15.3%

14.1%

14.3%

Navy

     Officer

     Enlisted

     Total

 

  7,816

43,698

10,942

 

 45,067

261,278

306,345

 

  52,893

304,976

357,859

 

14.8%

14.3%

14.4%

Marine Corps

     Officer

     Enlisted

     Total

 

1,093

9,849

10,942

 

 17,700

151,198

168,898

 

 18,793

161,047

176,840

 

5.8%

6.1%

6.0%

Air Force

     Officer

     Enlisted

     Total

 

13,471

54,906

68,377

 

 59,780

221,212

280,992

 

 73,251

276,118

349,369

 

18.4%

19.9%

19.5%

Coast Guard

     Officer

     Enlisted

      Total

 

1,045

3,538

4,583

 

  6,769

28,279

35,048

 

 7,814

31,817

39,631

 

11.5%

13.3%

11.1%

 


*Officers include Warrant Officers

**Does not include Coast Guard, which in peacetime is part of the Department of Homeland Security

 

Source:  U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center, unpublished data compiled by the Women Research & Education Institute, January 2008 and January 2006 respectively

 

Active Duty Service Personnel by Branch of Service, Officer/Enlisted Status & Sex

as of 30 September 2007