Troop numbers for the years 1950 - 2005 sourced from:
www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/troopsdb.cfm.
| Year |
Number |
| 1950 |
510 |
| 1951 |
326,863 |
| 1952 |
326,863 |
| 1953 |
326,863 |
| 1954 |
225,590 |
| 1955 |
75,328 |
| 1956 |
68,810 |
| 1957 |
71,043 |
| 1958 |
46,024 |
| 1959 |
49,827 |
| 1960 |
55,864 |
| 1961 |
57,694 |
| 1962 |
60,947 |
| 1963 |
56,910 |
| 1964 |
62,596 |
| 1965 |
58,636 |
| 1966 |
47,076 |
| 1967 |
55,057 |
| 1968 |
62,263 |
| 1969 |
66,531 |
| 1970 |
52,197 |
| 1971 |
40,740 |
| 1972 |
41,600 |
| 1973 |
41,864 |
| 1974 |
40,387 |
| 1975 |
40,204 |
| 1976 |
39,133 |
| 1977 |
40,705 |
| 1978 |
41,565 |
| 1979 |
39,018 |
| 1980 |
38,780 |
| 1981 |
38,254 |
| 1982 |
39,194 |
| 1983 |
38,705 |
| 1984 |
40,785 |
| 1985 |
41,718 |
| 1986 |
43,133 |
| 1987 |
44,674 |
| 1988 |
45,501 |
| 1989 |
44,461 |
| 1990 |
41,344 |
| 1991 |
40,062 |
| 1992 |
35,743 |
| 1993 |
34,830 |
| 1994 |
36,796 |
| 1995 |
36,016 |
| 1996 |
36,539 |
| 1997 |
35,663 |
| 1998 |
36,890 |
| 1999 |
35,913 |
| 2000 |
36,565 |
| 2001 |
37,605 |
| 2002 |
37,743 |
| 2003 |
41,145 |
| 2004 |
40,840 |
| 2005 |
30,983 |
| 2006 |
28,500 |
| 2007 |
28,500 |
| 2008 |
28,500 |
| 2009 |
28,500 |
| 2010 |
28,500 |
| 2011 |
28,500 |
Of Bases and Budgets
http://www.kpolicy.org/documents/interviews-opeds/111021christineahnhyunleebasesandbudgets.html Christine Ahn* and Hyun Lee* | October 21, 2011[Originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus, October 6, 2011] |
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