Big Business Are Us
Our track record
With our military units tracing their roots to pre-Revolutionary
times, you might say that we are America’s oldest company. And if
you look at us in business terms, many would say we are not only
America’s largest company, but its busiest and most successful.
There is no other company in the world that can take a group of
new employees, from a wide variety of backgrounds, and in less than
three months make them part of a cohesive, organized and productive
work team. They will be well trained, highly motivated and very
fit. They will treat others with dignity and respect, and will willingly
obey their leaders.
5.1 million strong
We are the nation’s largest employer, with 1.4 million men and
women on active duty, 672,000 civilians and another 1.28 million
volunteers serving in the Guard and Reserve. We also support 1.8
million retirees and families that are receiving benefits.
Our global infrastructure
Whether on land or at sea, no other company can match our size.
Our employees are located at about 600 fixed facilities and more
than 40,000 properties amounting to 18 million acres of land. These
include 250 major installations. We operate some 250,000 vehicles,
from trucks to tanks, maintain a fleet of over 15,000 aircraft and
more than 1,000 oceangoing vessels from aircraft carriers to landing
craft. We also operate 550 public utility systems.
Worldwide presence
Today we have employees located in more than 130 countries; some
247,000 troops and civilians are overseas both afloat and ashore.
We operate in every time zone and in every climate.
As a Comparison
