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ACTIVE COMPONENT ENLISTED FORCE At the end of Fiscal Year 2002, enlisted force end-strength reached nearly 1.18 million, an increase from the FY 2001 end-strength of 1.15 million. This is a change to the trend, as enlisted end-strength has dropped each year between FYs 1987 and 1999. The Active Components counted 1.85 million enlisted members in FY 1987, more than in any year since FY 1974. End-strength reached a low point in FY 1999 (1.151 million) with a marginal increase to 1.154 million in FY 2000, and 1.153 in FY 2001. Figure 3.1 displays trend lines by Service for the active duty enlisted force size since FY 1973, and Appendix Table D-15 provides end-strength data by year and by Service for FYs 1964 and 1973 through 2002.
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