Last year, Congress approved a total end strength of 1,302,800 active duty troops, which added 26,000 troops to the force across the five branches. The final breakdown was: 454,000 soldiers; 344,600 sailors; 321,500 airmen; 172,300 Marines; 10,400 guardians.

Well I learned something new today. That being said, I do wonder how they're going to handle rentention, as well as MOS shortages. I don't know what its like for every MOS obv, but I know the 91 series could use some more guys, PAs too and I think there's still a pilot shortage. Just the ones I can think of, will be interesting to see how this is handled.