Forces:

Status of the Navy  March 6, 2008

Navy Personnel

Active Duty:   333,046

Officers:   51,199

Enlisted:   277,496

Midshipmen:   4,351

Ready Reserve:   127,313 [As of 08 Jan]

Selected Reserves: 70,630

Individual Ready Reserve: 56,683

Reserves currently mobilized:   5,617 [As of 05 Mar]

Personnel on deployment:   58,116

Navy Department Civilian Employees:   178,141

Ships and Submarines

Deployable Battle Force Ships: 280

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 131 ships (47% of total)

On deployment: 96 ships (34% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 29 submarines (53%)

On deployment: 18 submarines (33%)

Ships Underway

Carriers:
 
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Pacific Ocean

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Sea of Japan

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Atlantic Ocean

USS George Washington (CVN 73) - Atlantic Ocean

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - 5th Fleet

Amphibious Warfare Ships:

USS Nassau (LHA 4) - 6th Fleet

USS Essex (LHD 2) - Philippine Sea

USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Atlantic Ocean

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) - Pacific Ocean

                USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) - Atlantic Ocean            

Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group:

USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - 5th Fleet

Aircraft (operational): 3700+