By the Numbers: 2 November 2020

By the Numbers: 2 November 2020

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1,038,198

The "the total reported personnel strength of the Ready Reserve" as of September 30, 2019, according to a Congressional Research Service report updated earlier this year -- Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers.
 
The term “Reserve Component” refers collectively to the seven individual reserve components of the Armed Forces: the Army National Guard of the United States, the Army Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air National Guard of the United States, the Air Force Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve. The purpose of these seven reserve components, as codified in law at 10 U.S.C. §10102, is to “provide trained units and qualified persons available for active duty in the armed forces, in time of war or national emergency, and at such other times as the national security may require, to fill the needs of the armed forces whenever more units and persons are needed than are in the regular components.”