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29th May 2023, 05:19

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The official statistics of the UK Regular Forces have been disclosed as of 1 January 2023, shedding light on the rank structure within the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, and Royal Air Force.

The UK Regular Forces, as of 1 January 2023, comprise a total of 143,558 full-time service personnel across the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, and the Royal Air Force.

Officers, who comprise 28,017 of the personnel, are distributed across several ranks within each service:

OF-9/OF-10: Total 7 (Navy/Marines: 3, Army: 3, RAF: 1)
OF-8: Total 27 (Navy/Marines: 9, Army: 11, RAF: 7)
OF-7: Total 97 (Navy/Marines: 26, Army: 43, RAF: 28)
OF-6: Total 330 (Navy/Marines: 98, Army: 150, RAF: 82)
OF-5: Total 1,104 (Navy/Marines: 280, Army: 509, RAF: 315)
OF-4: Total 3,877 (Navy/Marines: 1,100, Army: 1,685, RAF: 1,092)
OF-3: Total 8,078 (Navy/Marines: 1,956, Army: 4,134, RAF: 1,988)
OF-2: Total 10,109 (Navy/Marines: 2,322, Army: 4,407, RAF: 3,380)
OF-1/OF (D): Total 4,388 (Navy/Marines: 1,133, Army: 2,167, RAF: 1,088)

Other Ranks, forming a significant portion with 115,541 personnel, are divided as follows within each service:

OR-9: Total 2,832 (Navy/Marines: 683, Army: 1,255, RAF: 894)
OR-8: Total 4,055 (Navy/Marines: 498, Army: 3,557, RAF: N/A)
OR-7: Total 9,941 (Navy/Marines: 2,598, Army: 5,130, RAF: 2,213)
OR-6: Total 15,946 (Navy/Marines: 3,925, Army: 7,600, RAF: 4,421)
OR-4: Total 23,770 (Navy/Marines: 6,218, Army: 11,630, RAF: 5,922)
OR-3: Total 12,720 (Navy/Marines: 777, Army: 11,788, RAF: 155)
OR-1/OR-2: Total 55,277 (Navy/Marines: 11,383, Army: 23,990, RAF: 10,904)

These figures are based on the individuals’ paid rank and include full-time service personnel, which include the Nursing Services. However, Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR), and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel are excluded from these numbers.

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines consist of 33,009 personnel, the Army includes 78,059 members, and the RAF is composed of 32,490 personnel

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I don’t know if this has been on before, not sure where to place it. The official statistics of the UK Regular Forces have been disclosed as of 1 January 2023, shedding light on the rank structure within the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, and Royal Air Force.

I don’t know if this has been on before, not sure where to place it.

The official statistics of the UK Regular Forces have been disclosed as of 1 January 2023, shedding light on the rank structure within the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, and Royal Air Force.