Population Representation 2004 - Selected Reserve Enlisted Accessions and Enlisted Force

SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTED ACCESSIONS AND ENLISTED FORCE

AFQT. FY 2004 Selected Reserve NPS accessions are compared with civilian youth by AFQT category and Reserve Components in Table 5.8. As in previous years, the USAR, USMCR and ANG access the vast majority of their personnel from AFQT categories I-IIIA.

Table 5.8. FY 2004 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions, by AFQT Category and Component (Percent)*
AFQT Category	Army National Guard	Army Reserve	Naval Reserve	Marine Corps Reserve	Air National Guard	Air Force Reserve	Total DoD
I-IIIA	57.7	73.8	**	78.2	80.2	**	66.3
IIIB	38.8	24.9	**	21.4	19.7	**	31.4
IV	3.5	1.3	**	0.4	0.1	**	2.2
Total	100.0	100.0	**	100.0	100.0	**	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Percentages are calculated removing "unknowns." *More than half, up to 94% of the data were reported "unknown." Also see Appendix Tables C-5 (AFQT by Component and Gender) and C-6 (AFQT by Component and Race/Ethnicity). The 1980 civilian comparison group distribution for the total population (males and females) is 8percent in Category I, 28 percent in Category II, 16percent in Category IIIA, 19 percent in Category IIIB, 21 percent in Category IV, and 9 percent in Category V. Civilian data from DMDC, 1997.

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