Table D-4.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Service, FYs 1973-2015
                             
SERVICE
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
1973 169,517 41.8 93,648 23.1 48,946 12.1 93,539 23.1 405,650 100
1974 179,968 46.3 90,051 23.2 45,323 11.7 73,376 18.9 388,718 100
1975 180,311 44.0 98,455 24.0 57,122 13.9 73,870 18.0 409,758 100
1976 178,916 45.5 91,380 23.2 51,484 13.1 71,582 18.2 393,362 100
1977 1 216,883 43.8 129,280 26.1 57,579 11.6 91,367 18.5 495,109 100
1978 122,399 40.0 78,060 25.5 38,146 12.5 67,039 21.9 305,644 100
1979 128,289 41.3 76,980 24.8 38,726 12.5 66,684 21.5 310,679 100
1980 158,630 44.0 88,536 24.5 42,085 11.7 71,494 19.8 360,745 100
1981 109,209 35.9 85,995 28.2 38,830 12.8 70,472 23.1 304,506 100
1982 120,114 39.3 80,095 26.2 37,956 12.4 67,294 22.0 305,459 100
1983 132,650 43.7 73,909 24.4 36,628 12.1 60,274 19.9 303,461 100
1984 129,682 42.5 77,161 25.3 39,119 12.8 59,101 19.4 305,063 100
1985 119,082 39.6 82,930 27.5 34,051 11.3 64,954 21.6 301,017 100
1986 126,740 40.4 88,315 28.1 34,669 11.0 64,053 20.4 313,777 100
1987 120,376 40.6 87,753 29.6 33,528 11.3 54,668 18.4 296,325 100
1988 105,728 39.0 89,779 33.1 34,960 12.9 40,777 15.0 271,244 100
1989 112,091 40.3 89,606 32.3 32,941 11.9 43,182 15.5 277,820 100
1990 84,516 37.8 70,559 31.5 32,901 14.7 35,749 16.0 223,725 100
1991 77,638 37.8 68,472 33.3 29,635 14.4 29,756 14.5 205,501 100
1992 76,573 38.0 58,464 29.0 31,768 15.8 34,817 17.3 201,622 100
1993 73,937 36.4 63,154 31.1 34,735 17.1 31,289 15.4 203,115 100
1994 61,401 34.8 53,496 30.3 31,756 18.0 29,756 16.9 176,409 100
1995 57,401 34.3 47,152 28.2 31,946 19.1 30,788 18.4 167,287 100
1996 69,910 39.0 46,144 25.8 32,531 18.2 30,548 17.1 179,133 100
1997 75,727 40.1 49,131 26.0 33,949 18.0 30,088 15.9 188,895 100
1998 68,321 37.9 46,726 26.0 33,450 18.6 31,534 17.5 180,031 100
1999 67,007 36.5 51,436 28.0 32,998 18.0 32,327 17.6 183,768 100
2000 66,399 37.1 49,338 27.6 30,232 16.9 32,864 18.4 178,833 100
2001 69,109 37.8 49,870 27.3 30,147 16.5 33,850 18.5 182,976 100
2002 69,591 38.3 43,500 24.0 31,972 17.6 36,447 20.1 181,510 100
2003 67,940 38.5 40,204 22.8 32,078 18.2 36,186 20.5 176,408 100
2004 72,710 41.3 39,416 22.4 30,156 17.1 33,690 19.1 175,972 100
2005 63,324 41.6 37,729 24.8 32,015 21.0 19,092 12.5 152,160 100
2006 69,758 41.7 35,840 21.4 31,362 18.7 30,429 18.2 167,389 100
2007 62,896 39.5 34,565 21.7 34,040 21.4 27,745 17.4 159,246 100
2008 69,345 40.3 37,951 22.1 37,010 21.5 27,738 16.1 172,044 100
2009 63,668 39.4 35,223 21.8 30,934 19.1 31,780 19.7 161,605 100
2010 70,081 43.7 34,049 21.2 28,018 17.5 28,363 17.7 160,511 100
2011 61,942 40.4 33,356 21.8 29,751 19.4 28,265 18.4 153,314 100
2012 58,891 38.1 36,275 23.5 30,504 19.8 28,757 18.6 154,427 100
2013 66,427 40.3 39,898 24.2 32,083 19.5 26,266 16.0 164,674 100
2014 55,157 39.7 33,637 24.2 25,974 18.7 24,134 17.4 138,902 100
2015 56,990 39.2 34,864 24.0 29,389 20.2 24,027 16.5 145,270 100
     
  1. The end of the fiscal year was moved from June 30 to September 30 during calendar year 1977. As a result, the data for FY77 reflect accession
      counts for five quarters.