As of May 2009, there were 1,445,000 Active Duty service members from all the Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), with an additional 850,000 Reserve or Guard personnel.
Number of personnel broken down by service:You can learn more from this Air Force Magazine document:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2009/May%202009/0509facts_fig.pdf
No, there is not. The US Armed Forces is currently admitting all that are over the age of 18 and have no criminal record to join up! If your wanting to serve America, now's your chance! To join, just visit one of the many Armed Forces Career Centres near you.
two per state, so 100 senators serve
The USAA is an insurance company (United Services Automobile Association) formed by retired military officers. At first, and for many years, USAA would only insure officers in the armed forces, but now will insure members of the armed forces and their families. They have been helping the military for as long as the commercials say.
now, after December 2011 none.
No. Although the 1920 Royal Warrant made provision for awards to women of the nursing and hospital services, as yet no woman has won the VC. This could change as many women now serve in operational theatres.
Scotland doesn't have a separate military force outside of the British Armed Forces. Scottish people wishing to join the Royal Air Force serve in the same capacity as all other members, regardless of rank. Naval personnel serve similarly. The number of regiments in the British Army are now much reduced and whereas there used to be many old regiments within Scotland, they have now all been amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Scotland which is still part of the British Army.
Pay now, play later. Serve your country now, you'll be glad you did...later.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
There are many services that can benefit from using the one call now system. The automated system can be used by school systems, weather stations, as well as many other organizations that need to reach a large target audience quickly.