How many Marines are there?

Answer 1

200,827 active (as of June 2011)

40,000 reserve (as of 2010)

Approximately 40,000 graduate each year from Paris Island, SC and San Diego, CA.

Additionally the Marines also produce officers at Quantico, VA. I am not sure how the whole process works with Marine Corps officers but I know the Naval Academy and Pensacola Florida have something to do with their training as well( I think the former is for Aviation). You basically have OCS and TBS and I am not sure of the rules regarding who gets to skip what.

But suffice it to say I would guess the Marines produce between 2 and 5 thousand officers a year as well.

So say over 40 thousand Marines a year...probably around 42,000.

If they have kept the relative same numbers (give or take 50K active or 25%) since Vietnam and the average age of a Marine graduating bootcamp is 19 then there are approximately 2.4 million U.S. Marines alive in the United States (56 years worth of Marines 75-19).

If fighting age is between 18 and 50 then there are approximately 1.3 Million Marines of fighting age living in the United States.

Once a Marine Always a Marine. United States Marines are notoriously loyal to God, Corps, and Country (in that order). Almost all of them own and maintain their own personal weapons. Many are members of the Marine Corps league, join a state Marine Corps (ie Texas State Marines) and/or regularly shoot in competition (NRA). If our country called on these Marines there would be about a million Marines in the capital (or anywhere else) within about 48 hours.

Answer 2

There are atleast 200,000 currently active Marines. 30,000+ are stationed in the Middle East and 40,000 Marines are reserved. Upon that, this answer may in fact vary as troops are currently being pulled away from the action as of now.

The Marine Corps does not have soldiers, it has Marines. Soldiers are in the Army, Sailors are in the Navy, Airmen in the Air Force, and CoastGuardsmen in the Coast Guard. Marines are insulted to be called soldiers. The Marine Corps is currently downsizing to around 182,000

Answer 3

The marines try to total out at 210,000 but i believe the number of marines enlisted today is much higher, although i dont know the exact number As of now, the enlistment for the marines have gotten much tighter, since the branch is now full There are actually 202,000 active duty Marines. I am not sure the number of reservist.

Answer 4

The number of Marines serving in the USMC varies, as assumed missions are finished and added. However, the number of active marines tend to sway up and down around the 200 thousand mark, and then there are another 40 thousand or so in reserve. So, just under the quarter million is a reasonable assumption, at any time.

Answer 5

Currently (March 2015) there are approximately 175,000 active-duty U.S. Marines. This is down from the 202,000 Active Duty during 2004-2012's fighting in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Answer 6

I served in the Marines before. I use to buy Marine Corps Times to see the numbers...

Maybe this will help:

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/

Answer 7

There were about 200,000 on Active Duty in 2010.

Answer 8

As of 2010 the United States Marine Corps included just under 203,000 active duty Marines and just under 40,000 reserve Marine .

Answer 9

There are over 200,000 active US Marines and an additional 40,000 on reserve.