2/85Number of aircraft-maintenance forms filled out each day in the Navy: 66,000

U.S. Naval Institute (Annapolis, Md.)

11/87Amount the Pentagon budgeted for Star Wars research in 1987: $3,500,000,000

Sen. William Proxmire

    Amount it budgeted for basic technology research for the Army, Navy, and Air Force: $3,233,000,000

Sen. William Proxmire

7/87Tons of paper and filing cabinets carried on a U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate: 20

U.S. Navy

1/89Ratio of admirals to ships in the U.S. Navy in 1945: 1:130

Project on Military Procurement (Washington)

    Today: 1:2

Project on Military Procurement (Washington)

1/89Number of dolphins, sea lions, and whales being trained in “surveillance and detection” by the Navy: 120

U.S. Navy

3/93Tons of instruction manuals carried aboard each U.S. Navy cruiser: 37

U.S. Department of Defense

3/97Chance that a magazine sold at a U.S. Army, Navy, or Air Force base is an adult magazine: 1 in 5

Army & Air Force Exchange (Dallas)/Navy Exchange Service (Virginia Beach, Va.)

5/98Cans of beer the U.S. Navy requisitions for each sailor completing 45 days at sea: 2

Navy Office of Information, East (N.Y.C.)

5/98Cubic feet in the Navy’s F-18 Super Hornet jet that have been set aside for computer systems not yet developed: 17

Navy Press Office (Washington)

1/02Percentage of Navy recruits from the New York City area last year who were green-card holders: 40

Navy Recruiting District, New York (East Meadow)