Table D-17.  Active Component Officer Strength, FYs 1973-2005
	SERVICE
FISCAL			MARINE	AIR	TOTAL
YEAR	ARMY	NAVY	CORPS	FORCE	DoD
1973	101,194	66,337	17,784	114,962	300,277
1974	91,872	63,380	17,421	110,437	283,110
1975	87,215	60,422	17,080	102,849	267,566
1976	85,600	59,992	17,594	99,228	262,414
1977	84,627	60,274	17,524	96,244	258,669
1978	84,330	59,672	17,180	95,462	256,644
1979	84,496	59,189	16,934	96,129	256,748
1980	85,352	60,237	16,974	97,901	260,464
1981	87,923	62,678	17,091	99,630	267,322
1982	88,984	64,571	17,712	102,188	273,455
1983	91,084	66,874	18,583	104,879	281,420
1984	92,796	65,796	18,945	106,239	283,783
1985	94,372	67,521	18,697	108,400	288,990
1986	94,845	68,922	18,734	109,051	291,552
1987	93,160	69,071	18,730	107,340	288,301
1988	92,170	69,576	18,558	105,127	285,431
1989	91,900	69,475	18,466	103,699	283,540
1990	89,672	69,426	18,105	100,047	277,250
1991	88,747	67,980	17,775	96,600	271,102
1992	81,312	66,253	17,270	90,378	255,213
1993	75,062	63,608	16,547	84,076	239,293
1994	72,410	59,265	16,003	81,004	228,682
1995	70,814	56,408	15,852	78,444	221,518
1996	68,971	55,602	16,028	76,389	216,990
1997	67,994	54,382	16,002	73,984	212,362
1998	66,980	53,206	16,075	71,893	208,154
1999	66,104	52,136	16,055	70,321	204,616
2000	65,352	51,540	16,008	69,022	201,922
2001	64,797	51,928	16,160	68,038	200,923
2002	66,583	52,961	16,402	71,687	207,633
2003	67,953	53,323	16,787	73,643	211,706
2004	68,634	52,707	16,742	74,304	212,387
2005	68,932	51,291	16,879	73,251	210,353