A Day in the Life of the Army

The Army is undergoing its most significant restructuring since World War II, creating 70 modular combat brigades that will pack more combat power and will be easily organized for a wide range of global missions. Each new brigade will provide more infantrymen than previous brigades: 324 compared with 243. Once new equipment is incorporated into the new brigades from the Future Combat Systems program in 2014, alleviating the requirements for some support troops, the Army expects the number of infantrymen in each brigade to reach 648.

ARMY DEMOGRAPHICS

• Total Army: 1,240,821 *
• Active Duty: 499,370
• • Officers: 82,184
  • Enlisted: 417,186
• Army National Guard: 341,698
• • Officers: 36,294
  • Enlisted: 305,404
• Army Reserve: 190,393
• • Officers: 36,346
  • Enlisted: 154,047
• Army Civilians: 209,360

*Uniformed personnel as of July 30, 2006; civilian personnel as of Oct. 1, 2005

Global Commitments

Nearly 250,000 U.S. soldiers are on duty in 120 countries, including 10,000 reservists mobilized for the homeland defense mission Operation Noble Eagle and 2,700 soldiers assigned to unspecified operations and exercises. On Aug. 15, 2006, troops were serving here:

1. SOUTH KOREA: 21,000
2. UNITED STATES: 10,000
3. ALASKA: 10,000
4. EUROPE: 54,000
5. PHILIPPINES: 200
6. HONDURAS: 700
7. GUANTANAMO BAY: 600
8. BOSNIA: 100
9. KOSOVO: 2,000
10. SINAI, EGYPT: 700
11. AFGHANISTAN: 18,000
12. IRAQ: 97,000
13. KUWAIT: 18,000

Source: Army