Table D-9.  High Quality 1 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Service, FYs 1973-2017
                             
SERVICE
FISCAL ARMY   NAVY   MARINE CORPS   AIR FORCE   TOTAL DoD
YEAR #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
1973 63,476 37.40 43,174 46.10 12,190 24.90 54,751 58.50 173,591 42.80
1974 55,770 31.00 39,526 43.90 12,999 28.70 43,144 58.80 151,439 39.00
1975 68,464 38.00 48,535 49.30 18,320 32.10 46,819 63.40 182,138 44.50
1976 64,739 36.20 51,465 56.30 22,920 44.50 51,891 72.50 191,015 48.60
1977 2, 3 39,688 18.30 42,360 32.80 14,097 24.50 38,128 41.70 134,273 27.10
 19782 28,496 23.30 29,270 37.50 10,961 28.70 31,980 47.70 100,707 33.00
 19792 23,747 18.50 27,710 36.00 10,586 27.30 28,850 43.30 90,893 29.30
 19802 32,483 20.50 38,982 44.00 14,705 34.90 39,776 55.60 125,946 34.90
 19812 30,258 27.70 34,968 40.70 14,179 36.50 36,241 51.40 115,646 38.00
1982 45,300 37.70 34,906 43.60 15,246 40.20 37,653 56.00 133,105 43.60
1983 58,062 43.80 39,021 52.80 16,592 45.30 39,452 65.50 153,127 50.50
1984 59,342 45.80 40,771 52.80 18,161 46.40 40,744 68.90 159,018 52.10
1985 58,328 49.00 40,201 48.50 16,567 48.70 43,371 66.80 158,467 52.70
1986 65,880 52.00 41,084 46.50 20,513 59.20 43,925 68.60 171,402 54.60
1987 69,676 57.90 45,676 52.10 20,630 61.50 41,374 75.70 177,356 59.90
1988 61,836 58.50 46,294 51.60 22,399 64.10 33,105 81.20 163,634 60.40
1989 60,242 53.70 41,949 46.80 20,689 62.80 35,825 83.00 158,705 57.10
1990 51,749 61.20 37,708 53.40 20,130 61.20 30,151 84.30 139,738 62.40
1991 55,353 71.30 41,035 59.90 19,451 65.60 25,135 84.50 140,974 68.60
1992 58,514 76.40 37,760 64.60 21,872 68.80 29,274 84.10 147,420 73.10
1993 47,741 64.60 39,797 63.00 22,734 65.40 24,638 78.70 134,910 66.40
1994 39,329 64.10 33,526 62.70 20,045 63.10 23,588 79.30 116,488 66.00
1995 36,494 63.60 28,059 59.50 19,842 62.10 25,355 82.40 109,750 65.60
1996 42,595 60.90 26,935 58.40 20,054 61.70 24,702 80.90 114,286 63.80
1997 43,754 57.60 30,165 61.40 20,974 61.80 23,314 77.40 118,207 62.50
1998 38,696 56.60 27,334 58.50 20,134 60.20 23,469 74.40 109,633 60.90
1999 34,990 52.20 27,376 53.20 19,726 59.80 23,339 72.20 105,431 57.40
2000 35,569 53.60 25,964 52.60 18,021 59.60 22,864 69.60 102,418 57.30
2001 36,262 52.50 26,049 52.20 18,211 60.40 24,438 72.20 104,960 57.40
2002 39,841 57.30 24,859 57.20 20,607 64.50 27,236 74.70 112,543 62.00
2003 40,734 60.00 23,906 59.50 21,015 65.50 28,731 79.40 114,386 64.80
2004 44,288 60.90 25,536 64.80 20,304 67.30 27,187 80.70 117,315 66.70
2005 35,615 56.20 24,746 65.60 20,596 64.30 15,477 81.10 96,434 63.40
2006 31,544 45.20 25,050 69.90 20,338 64.80 23,687 77.80 100,619 60.10
2007 27,777 44.20 22,423 64.90 21,012 61.70 21,390 77.10 92,602 58.20
2008 31,623 45.60 25,770 67.90 22,973 62.07 21,582 77.81 101,948 59.26
2009 34,439 54.09 25,925 73.60 20,592 66.57 25,186 79.25 106,142 65.68
2010 43,020 61.39 27,577 80.99 19,911 71.07 25,180 88.78 115,688 72.07
2011 37,507 60.55 29,161 87.42 21,805 73.29 27,409 96.97 115,882 75.58
2012 35,306 59.95 32,277 88.98 22,501 73.76 27,884 96.96 117,968 76.39
2013 40,186 60.50 32,894 82.45 23,198 72.31 25,086 95.51 121,364 73.70
2014 31,757 57.58 29,288 87.07 18,575 71.51 22,439 92.98 102,059 73.48
2015 32,997 57.90 30,783 88.29 21,436 72.94 21,861 90.99 107,077 73.71
2016 33,146 56.47 25,817 84.69 21,552 71.17 27,027 84.65 107,542 71.04
2017 35,050 56.33   28,707 82.12   22,699 71.48   25,051 81.75   111,507 69.87
     
1. High quality individuals are primarily high school diploma graduates (Tier 1) who are in Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) categories I through IIIA.
2. Values reflect Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) misnorming.
3. 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.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).