Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                   
Table 2.7 Strength of UK Regular Forces by Service, and whether trained or untrained, at 1 April                      each year
Thousands
  1990   1997     2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008  
All Services 305.8   210.8     206.9   207.0   201.1   195.9   190.4 p 187.1 p
                                   
Officers 42.9   32.7     33.2   33.4   33.0   32.7 32.1 p 31.7 p
Other Ranks 262.9   178.1     173.8   173.6   168.1   163.2 158.3 p 155.3 p
                                   
Trained 277.6   193.6     182.8   184.6   182.8   178.3 172.9 p 168.6 p
     Officers 37.9   29.8     29.4   29.9   29.9   29.7 29.3 p 28.8 p
     Other Ranks 239.6   163.9     153.3   154.7   152.9   148.6 143.6 p 139.9 p
                                   
Untrained 28.2   17.2     24.1   22.4   18.3   17.5 17.5 p 18.4 p
     Officers 4.9   2.9     3.7   3.6   3.1   3.0 2.8 p 3.0 p
     Other Ranks 23.2   14.3     20.4   18.8   15.2   14.5 14.7 p 15.5 p
                                   
Naval Service 63.3   45.1     41.5   40.9   39.9   39.4   38.9   38.6 p
                                   
     of which: Royal Marines 7.5   6.7     7.3   7.2   7.3 r 7.4 7.5   7.7 p
                                   
Officers 10.1   7.9     7.8   7.8   7.7   7.7 7.6   7.5 p
     of which: Royal Marines 0.7   0.7     0.7   0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8   0.8 p
Other Ranks 53.1   37.2     33.8   33.1   32.2   31.7 31.3   31.1 p
     of which: Royal Marines 6.9   6.0     6.5   6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7   6.9 p
                                   
Trained 56.7   41.7     36.6   36.4   35.5   34.9 34.3   34.5 p
     Officers 8.3   7.0     6.6   6.7   6.7   6.6 6.7   6.5 p
     Other Ranks 48.4   34.7     30.0   29.7   28.8   28.3 27.7   28.0 p
                                   
Untrained 6.6   3.5     4.9   4.5   4.4   4.5 4.5   4.0 p
     Officers 1.9   1.0     1.2   1.1   1.0   1.0 0.9   1.0 p
     Other Ranks 4.7   2.5     3.7   3.4   3.4   3.5 3.6   3.0 p
                                   
Army 152.8   108.8     112.1   112.7   109.3   107.7   106.2 p 105.1 p
                                   
Officers 17.4   13.7     14.4   14.7   14.7   14.7 14.6 p 14.6 p
Other Ranks 135.4   95.1     97.7   98.0   94.6   93.0 91.5 p 90.5 p
                                   
Trained 137.4   97.8     97.6   99.4   98.5   96.8 95.4 p 93.8 p
     Officers 16.2   12.7     13.2   13.5   13.6   13.8 13.8 p 13.7 p
     Other Ranks 121.2   85.0     84.4   85.9   84.9   83.0 81.6 p 80.2 p
                                   
Untrained 15.4   11.1     14.5   13.3   10.8   10.9 10.8 p 11.3 p
     Officers 1.2   1.0     1.2   1.2   1.0   1.0 0.8 p 0.9 p
     Other Ranks 14.2   10.1     13.3   12.1   9.8   10.0 10.0 p 10.4 p
                                   
Royal Air Force 89.7   56.9     53.2   53.4   51.9   48.7   45.4   43.4 p
                                   
Officers 15.3   11.0     11.0   11.0   10.6   10.3 9.9   9.7 p
Other Ranks 74.4   45.8     42.3   42.4   41.2   38.4 35.5   33.7 p
                                   
Trained 83.5   54.2     48.5   48.7   48.8   46.6 43.2   40.3 p
     Officers 13.4   10.1     9.7   9.7   9.6   9.3 8.9   8.6 p
     Other Ranks 70.1   44.1     38.9   39.1   39.3   37.3 34.3   31.7 p
                                   
Untrained 6.2   2.7     4.7   4.7   3.0   2.1 2.2   3.1 p
     Officers 1.9   1.0     1.3   1.3   1.0   1.0 1.0   1.1 p
     Other Ranks 4.3   1.7     3.4   3.4   2.0   1.1 1.1   2.1 p
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.

Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, Army strength statistics for 1 April 2007 and 1 April 2008, and Naval Service and RAF strength statistics for 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.