248: Army

 

248 years ago today (June 14, 1775) the United States Army was founded.

Of the 2,127,500 Soldiers, Airmen/women, and Sailors currently in the US Military:

487,083 are Active Duty Army

352,358 are Army National Guard

That’s a total of 839, 441 Soldiers in the US Army.

252,747 Civilians work for the US Army

Since the US has not had the Military Draft for 50 years (since 1973) every Man and Woman who serves in the Army (and the other Branches) are Volunteers.