FOR THE ACTIVE COMPONENTS FISCAL YEAR 1994
Deputy Secretary of Defense John M. Deutch announced today that the Department of Defense not only met its FY1994 recruiting goals, but also far surpassed the recruit quality patterns of the past decade, despite less optimistic trends seen earlier this year. In terms of recruit quality, FY 1994 became the third best year in recruiting history.
In announcing the figures, Dr. Deutch said, "We have given recruiting special attention during the past year and are pleased with the results - - continued high-quality enlistments for our Armed Forces. We will continue to give priority to recruiting high-quality young men and women to meet the needs of a modern, and ready All-Volunteer Force. And while we remain concerned about the continuing false perception created by the drawdown that the Services are not hiring, we are optimistic that we will meet future recruiting needs."
DoD achieved its FY 1994 recruiting goal by enlisting 184,096 recruits: 176,105 non-prior service (NPS) enlistees and 7,991 prior service recruits. Department-wide, 96 percent of these new recruits were high school diploma graduates (HSDGs) and 72 percent scored above average in aptitude on the enlistment test (Armed Forces Qualification Test [AFQT] Categories I through IIIA). The percentage of "high quality" recruits (those who have both a high school diploma and also score in Categories I through IIIA) was 68 percent. Finally, less than 1 percent of new recruits scored in the lowest acceptable category (AFQT Category IV).
Overall FY 1994 recruit quality was up slightly from FY 1993 and, although down from the record high in FY 1992, all Services exceeded the established recruit quality benchmarks of 90 percent HSDGs and 60 percent AFQT Category I-IIIAs. Further, as of the beginning of this fiscal year, all Services already have contracted for more than 35 percent of their FY 1995 annual recruiting goals.
Demographically, in FY 1994 female accessions (17 percent) were up 3 percentage points from FY 1993. Black accessions (18 percent) were up by 1 percentage point.
Statistical summaries are attached. a/
FACT SHEET
MILITARY PERSONNEL RECRUITING STATISTICS FOR FY 1994
ACTIVE COMPONENT ENLISTED ACCESSIONS BY SERVICE
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Non-Prior Total Non-Prior Service Total
Service Prior Prior
Service Male Female Total Servic Gains Male Female Total Servic Gains
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DoD Total 171.5 28.2 199.7 7.2 206.9 147.1 29.1 176.1 8.0 184.1
Recruiting Objectives (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Non-Prior Total Non-Prior Service Total
Service Prior Prior
Service Male Female Total Servic Gains Male Female Total Servic Gains
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DoD Total 6.9 206.3 176.2 7.8 184.0
** ** 199.3 ** **
Percent of Objective
FY 1993 FY 1994
Non-Prior Total Non-Prior Service Total
Service Prior Prior
Service Male Female Total Servic Gains Male Female Total Servic Gains
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DoD Total ** ** 100 104 100 ** ** 100 102 100
a/ Numbers in all tables may not add due to rounding.
* Less than 100.
** Air Force and Navy recruiting on gender-neutral basis; no longer set recruiting objectives by gender. Cannot compute DoD totals without
Air Force and Navy data.
1HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRADUATE (HSDG) ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 169.2 28.1 197.3 140.2 28.5 168.8
Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 95 97 95 95 98 96
ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST (AFQT) CATEGORY I-III ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 170.0 25.9 195.9 146.0 29.0 175.0
Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 99 99+ 99 99 99+ 99
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AFQT CATEGORY I-IIIA ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 121.4 21.0 142.4 105.3 20.9 126.2
Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 71 75 71 72 72 72
"HIGH QUALITY" RECRUIT (HSDG/AFQT I-IIIA) ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 114.1 20.4 134.5 99.1 20.4 119.5
Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 67 72 67 67 70 68
3RACIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE ENLISTED ACCESSIONS 1/
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service White Black Other Total White Black ArmyNav 58.353.
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Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service White Black Other Total White Black Other Total
Army18-24 7471 2114 615 100100 7271 2214 615 100100
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Asian and Pacific Islanders. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race and are not specifically defined in this table.
GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF ACTIVE ENLISTED ACCESSIONS
(Non-Prior Service)
Total Number (Thousands)
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 171.5 28.2 199.7 147.1 29.0 176.1
Percentage
FY 1993 FY 1994
Service Male Female Total Male Female Total
DoD Total 86 14 100 83 17 100
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Racial definitions are consistent with Office of Management & Budget (OMB) guidelines. "Other represents Native American,
