Strength in grade: commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) in an active status

Grade Army percentage Air Force percentage Colonel 2 1.8 Lieutenant colonel 6 4.6 Major 13 14.0 Captain 35 32.0 First lieutenant and second lieutenant (when combined with the number authorized for general officer grades under section 12004 of this title) 44 47.6 Captain 1.5 percent Commander 7 percent Lieutenant commander 22 percent Lieutenant 37 percent Lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign (when combined with the number authorized for flag officer grades under section 12004 of this title) 32.5 percent. Colonel 2 percent Lieutenant colonel 8 percent Major 16 percent Captain 39 percent First lieutenant and second lieutenant (when combined with the number authorized for general officer grades under section 12004 of this title) 35 percent.