Table 4
a
High-Quality Enlisted Accessions by Service, FY73 to FY97 (as total number and percentage
of enlistments)
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Service
Marine
Fiscal
Army
Navy
Corps
Air Force
Total DoD
Year
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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1973
63,476 37.4
43,174 46.1
12,190 24.9
54,751 58.5
173,591 42.8
1974
55,770 31.0
39,526 43.9
12,999 28.7
43,144 58.8
151,439 39.0
1975
68,464 38.0
48,535 49.3
18,320 32.1
46,819 63.4
182,138 44.5
1976
64,739 36.2
51,465 56.3
22,920 44.5
51,891 72.5
191,015 48.6
1977
39,688 18.3
42,360 32.8
14,097 24.5
38,128 41.7
134,273 27.1
1978
28,496 23.3
29,270 37.5
10,961 28.7
31,980 47.7
100,707 33.0
1979
23,747 18.5
27,710 36.0
10,586 27.3
28,850 43.3
90,893 29.3
1980
32,483 20.5
38,982 44.0
14,705 34.9
39,776 55.6
125,946 34.9
1981
30,258 27.7
34,968 40.7
14,179 36.5
36,241 51.4
115,646 38.0
1982
45,300 37.7
34,906 43.6
15,246 40.2
37,653 56.0
133,105 43.6
1983
58,062 43.8
39,021 52.8
16,592 45.3
39,452 65.5
153,127 50.5
1984
59,342 45.8
40,771 52.8
18,161 46.4
40,744 68.9
159,018 52.1
1985
58,328 49.0
40,201 48.5
16,567 48.7
43,371 66.8
158,467 52.7
1986
65,880 52.0
41,084 46.5
20,513 59.2
43,925 68.6
171,402 54.6
1987
69,676 57.9
45,676 52.1
20,630 61.5
41,374 75.7
177,356 59.9
1988
61,836 58.5
46,294 51.6
22,399 64.1
33,105 81.2
163,634 60.4
1989
60,242 53.7
41,949 46.8
20,689 62.8
35,825 83.0
158,705 57.1
1990
51,749 61.2
37,708 53.4
20,130 61.2
30,151 84.3
139,738 62.4
1991
55,353 71.3
41,035 59.9
19,451 65.6
25,135 84.5
140,974 68.6
1992
58,514 76.4
37,760 64.6
21,872 68.8
29,274 84.1
147,420 73.1
1993
47,741 64.6
39,797 63.0
22,734 65.4
24,638 78.7
134,910 66.4
1994
39,329 64.1
33,526 62.7
20,045 63.1
23,588 79.3
116,488 66.0
1995
36,494 63.6
28,059 59.5
19,842 62.1
25,355 82.4
109,750 65.6
1996
42,595 60.9
26,935 58.4
20,054 61.7
24,702 80.9
114,286 63.8
1997
43,754 57.6
30,165 61.4
20,974 61.8
23,314 77.4
118,207 62.6
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a
High-quality individuals are high school graduates who are in AFQT categories I through IIIA.
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