Pakistan Navy - Personnel

Personnel

As of 2008, the Pakistan Navy has approximately 25,000 active duty personnel. With additional 1,200 Marines and more than 2,500 Coast Guard; 2,000 active-duty Navy personnel in the Maritime Security Agency. In addition there were 5,000 reserves, total combing forces exceeding 35,700 personnels.

In 2006, the Navy inducted 22 female sailors for combat positions apart from the existing administrative posts, becoming one of the few countries (as well as few Muslim countries) to do so. In 2007, Navy gave commissioned to the first Baloch naval squadron, consisting of around 53 women officers and 72 Baloch sailors. In 2012, the Navy pushed its personnel strength to Baluchistan after sending a large formation of Baloch university students to Navy Engineering Colleges and War College as well as staff schools to complete their officer training requirements. The Navy established three additional facilities in Balochistan to supervise the training to its personnel.