MILITARY PERSONNEL RECRUITING RESULTS FOR THE ACTIVE COMPONENT:FIRST HALFFISCAL YEAR 1995
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy Fred Pang
today announced results for military recruiting during the first half of Fiscal
Year l995. Through March 1995, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps met their
year-to-date recruiting objectives. The Air Force reached 99 percent of its
objective. All Services are optimistic they will meet annual recruiting
objectives for FY 1995 which ends in September.
Recruit quality also remains strong. Through the first half of both Fiscal
Years 1994 and 1995, 94 percent of recruits were high school diploma graduates
(HSDGs), 70 percent of recruits scored in the upper half of the Armed Forces
Qualification Test (AFQT Categories I-IIIA), while only one percent of new
recruits scored in the lowest acceptable category (AFQT Category IV).
New recruit demographics continue to show diversity in social representation.
Compared to the same period in FY 1994, the proportion of Black recruits
increased slightly from 19 to 20 percent. The Army continues to lead the way
with a 25 percent Black accession rate with the Navy showing the largest
change: 21 percent up from 17 percent a year ago. Through March 1994 compared
to the same period this year, the representation of Hispanic recruits increased
from 7 to 9 percent. Department-wide, the proportion of female recruits
increased to 19 percent compared to 17 percent for the same period last year.
The Air Force had the largest percentage of female recruits (24 percent).
Compared to the same period last year, the proportion of female accessions in
the Navy has had the largest growth: 14 to 22 percent.
Assistant Secretary Pang emphasized that recruiting success is vital to the
all-volunteer force and to the Nation's security. He said, "Our biggest
challenge is maintaining the recruit quality that we have worked to achieve in
the last few years. To do this will require the continued support of Congress
and the American people for adequate recruiting resources."
Statistical summaries are attached.
MILITARY PERSONNEL RECRUITING STATISTICS FIRST HALF -- FY 1995
ACTIVE COMPONENT ENLISTED ACCESSIONS BY SERVICE
Total Numbers (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Non-Prior Service Prior Total Non-Prior Service Prior Total
Service Male Female Total Service Gains Male Female Total Service Gains
Army 26.2 6.5 32.7 5.1 37.8 22.6 5.8 28.4 3.7 32.1
Navy 20.5 3.3 23.8 * 23.8 17.4 4.9 22.2 1.0 23.2
Marine Corps 13.5 0.9 14.4 * 14.4 13.8 1.0 14.8 0.3 15.0
Air Force 11.5 3.6 15.1 * 15.1 11.9 3.7 15.7 * 15.7
DoD 71.7 14.3 86.0 5.1 91.1 65.7 15.4 81.1 5.0 86.0
Recruiting Objectives (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Non-Prior Service Prior Total Non-Prior Service Prior Total
Service Male Female Total Service Gains Male Female Total Service Gains
Army 26.3 6.1 32.4 5.5 37.9 22.6 5.8 28.4 3.6 32.0
Navy 20.5 3.3 23.8 * 23.8 ** ** 22.2 1.0 23.2
Marine Corps 13.4 0.9 14.2 * 14.2 13.8 1.0 14.8 - 14.7
Air Force ** ** 15.1 * 15.1 ** ** 15.7 - 15.8
DoD ** ** 85.5 5.5 91.1 ** ** 85.5 4.6 85.7
Percent of Objective
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Non-Prior Service Prior Total Non-Prior Service Prior Total
Service Male Female Total Service Gains Male Female Total Service Gains
Army 106 101 92 99 106 103 100
99+ 99+ 99+
Navy 100 100 100 100 100 ** ** 100 100 100
Marine Corps 101 104 101 100 101 100 104 100 - 102
Air Force ** ** 100 100 100 ** ** -
99+ 99+
DoD ** ** 101 92 100 ** ** 109 100
99+
a/ Numbers in all tables may not add due to rounding.
* Less than 100.
** Air Force and Navy recruit on gender-neutral basis; no recruiting objectives
by gender. Cannot compute DoD totals without Air Force and Navy data.
- Neither the Marine Corps nor Air Force currently set Prior Service
objectives.
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRADUATE (HSDG) ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 25.7 6.4 32.1 20.9 5.7 26.7
Navy 20.1 3.3 23.4 15.7 4.7 20.4
Marine Corps 13.0 0.9 13.9 12.9 1.0 13.9
Air Force 11.4 3.6 15.1 11.8 3.7 15.5
DoD 70.2 14.2 84.4 61.4 15.1 76.5
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 90 96 92 93 99 94
Navy 94 98 95 91 96 92
Marine Corps 93 98 93 94 98 94
Air Force 99 99 99 99 99 99
DoD 93 98 94 94 98 94
ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST (AFQT) CATEGORY I-III
ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 25.1 6.4 31.6 21.9 5.8 27.7
Navy 20.5 3.3 23.8 17.4 4.9 22.2
Marine Corps 13.5 0.9 14.4 13.8 1.0 14.8
Air Force 11.4 3.6 15.1 11.9 3.7 15.7
DoD 70.6 14.3 84.9 65.0 15.4 80.4
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 96 99 97 97 99+ 98
Navy 100 100 100 100 100 100
Marine Corps 100 100 100 100 100 100
Air Force 99+ 99+ 99+ 99+ 100 99+
DoD 99 99+ 99 99 100 99+
AFQT CATEGORY I-IIIA ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 17.3 4.3 21.6 14.9 4.0 18.9
Navy 14.6 2.4 17.0 12.2 2.8 15.0
Marine Corps 9.0 0.7 9.7 8.9 0.7 9.7
Air Force 9.2 2.8 12.0 10.1 3.1 13.2
DoD 50.1 10.2 60.3 46.1 10.6 56.7
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 66 67 66 66 70 67
Navy 72 72 72 70 57 67
Marine Corps 66 78 67 65 74 65
Air Force 80 78 80 85 83 84
DoD 70 72 70 70 69 70
"HIGH QUALITY" (HSDG/AFQT I-IIIA) ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 14.7 4.1 18.8 13.2 4.0 17.2
Navy 13.4 2.3 15.7 10.5 2.6 13.1
Marine Corps 8.5 0.7 9.2 8.4 0.7 9.1
Air Force 9.1 2.8 11.9 9.9 3.1 13.0
DoD 45.7 9.9 55.6 42.1 10.3 52.4
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 56 63 58 59 69 61
Navy 66 70 66 61 53 59
Marine Corps 63 78 64 61 73 61
Air Force 79 77 79 83 82 83
DoD 64 69 65 64 67 65
RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE COMPONENT ENLISTED ACCESSIONS
1/
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service White Black Other Total White Black Other Total
Army 23.1 7.8 1.8 32.7 19.5 6.9 1.9 28.4
Navy 18.7 4.1 1.0 23.8 16.4 4.7 1.2 22.2
Marine Corps 11.1 1.8 1.5 14.4 10.3 2.1 2.5 14.8
Air Force 12.2 2.2 0.7 15.1 12.3 2.3 1.1 15.7
DoD 65.1 15.9 5.0 86.0 58.4 16.0 6.7 81.1
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service White Black Other Total White Black Other Total
Army 71 24 6 100 69 25 7 100
Navy 79 17 4 100 73 21 5 100
Marine Corps 77 12 11 100 70 14 17 100
Air Force 81 14 5 100 78 15 7 100
DoD 76 19 6 100 72 20 8 100
18-24 71 14 15 100 71 14 15 100
year-old youth
1/ Racial definitions are consistent with Office of Management &
Budget (OMB) guidelines. "Other" represents Native
Americans and Asian and Pacific Islanders. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity
may be of any race and are not defined in
this table.
GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE COMPONENT ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 26.2 6.5 32.7 22.6 5.8 28.4
Navy 20.5 3.3 23.8 17.4 4.9 22.2
Marine Corps 13.5 0.9 14.4 13.8 1.0 14.8
Air Force 11.5 3.6 15.1 11.9 3.7 15.7
DoD 71.7 14.3 86.0 65.7 15.4 81.1
Percentage
Fiscal Year 1994 thru March Fiscal Year 1995 thru March
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
Army 80 20 100 80 20 100
Navy 86 14 100 78 22 100
Marine Corps 94 6 100 93 7 100
Air Force 76 24 100 76 24 100
DoD 83 17 100 81 19 100
