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How big is the army + marines?

JEDI

Lifer
There's like 150k troops in Iraq.

How many people are in the army/marines total worldwide? and why cant we send more in to stabalize the country?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army
As of fiscal year 2002 (FY02), it consisted of 480,000 soldiers on active duty and 555,000 in reserve (350,000 in the Army National Guard (ARNG) and 205,000 in the Army Reserve (USAR).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marines
The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches (Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard) of the U.S. military, with 172,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2005.
 
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