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TABLE 6-2

ACTUAL END STRENGTHS IN THE TOP MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY'

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a Data provided in a memorandum from the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Policy), dated August 23, 1985.

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TABLE 6-3

ACTUAL END STRENGTHS IN THE TOP MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

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b

Data for 1948-1970, 1975, and 1980-1985 provided in a letter to the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services from the Director,
Legislative Liaison, Department of the Air Force, dated August 13, 1985;
data for 1973, 1974, and 1976-1979 provided by the Department of the
Air Force on August 14, 1985.

Programmed.

a. Secretariats

Since the end of World War II, the overall trend has been a substantial reduction in the number of personnel assigned to the Service Secretariats. The numbers of personnel authorized to be assigned to the three Secretariats in 1985 are at or near their lowest levels in the last 40 years.

The Army Secretariat reached its peak end strength in 1946 (2,156 personnel). While the end strength was reduced substantially in 1947 (531 personnel) with the creation of the Department of the Air Force, by 1948, it had nearly doubled (1,005 personnel). Modest growth continued over the next several years with a spike during the Korean War year of 1951 (1,241 personnel). Since 1951, the trend has been a near continuous decrease in assigned personnel. Like the Army Secretariat, the end strength of the Navy Secretariat peaked in 1946 (4,331 personnel). From 1948 through 1963, the end strength remained relatively constant. The downward trend in the personnel strength of the Navy Secretariat began in 1964 although reversed briefly in 1967 and 1968.

The Air Force Secretariat has a different history of end strengths. After the Department of the Air Force was created, the personnel strength grew steadily from 382 in 1948 to 541 in 1951. Between 1953 and 1976, the size of the Secretariat staff remained relatively constant, reaching a peak strength of 583 in 1962. The Secretariat was substantially reduced in 1977 and has continued a downward trend in subsequent years:

The overall downward trend in the end strengths is shown in the following summary table:

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Regarding the relative number of civilian and military personnel assigned to the Service Secretariats, there is a trend toward greater percentages of military personnel. This trend is pronounced in the Army, modest in the Navy, and small in the Air Force. The following table presents the data reflecting this trend:

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While the personnel strengths of the military headquarters staffs also have a downward trend, the history of these staff sizes varies from that of the Secretariats. In general, these staffs grew in size and reached their peak strength sometime during the 1950's (except the Marine Corps whose peak was reached in 1969).

The Army Staff grew steadily from 4,996 personnel in 1946 to 19,958 personnel in 1952, nearly four times its strength at the end of World War II. Since 1952, the Army Staff has continued to decline in personnel strength. Its authorized strength in 1985 is its lowest level in the postwar period.

The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations also grew in the immediate postwar period, reaching a peak of 2,798 personnel in 1956. As data for this entire staff is not available prior to 1949, this statement is based upon the growth of the staff beginning in 1950 and the growth in the military component of this staff from the 1947 level. After 1956, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations began to decline in personnel, although this reduction was not continuous.

Data for the personnel strengths of Headquarters, Marine Corps are available only for 1950 and subsequent years. After 1951, the number of personnel assigned to this staff continued to decrease until 1961, with an overall reduction of 35 percent. After stabilizing briefly, the personnel strength of Headquarters, Marine Corps grew sharply from 1965 to 1969, reaching a postwar high of 3,490 personnel in 1969. Beginning in 1970, the trend has been downward with a significant reduction in 1977.

The Air Staff also grew in the immediate postwar period: from 4,874 personnel in 1948 to a peak of 8,339 personnel in 1956. Since that time, the size of the Air Staff has continued to decline. The authorized strength in 1985 is a postwar low.

The overall downward trend in the end strengths of the military headquarters staffs is shown in the following summary table:

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Regarding the relative number of civilian and military personnel assigned to the military headquarters staffs, there is a significant trend toward greater percentages of military personnel in all four staffs. The data in the following table show this trend:

MILITARY PERSONNEL AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE
MILITARY HEADQUARTERS STAFFS

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When the personnel data for the Service Secretariats and military headquarters staffs are combined, the greater extent to which the work of the top management headquarters of the Military Departments is conducted by military personnel is quite clear.

MILITARY PERSONNEL AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

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