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Chapter 5:

 

Age

The largest proportions of FY 2002 NPS Reserve Component accessions were in the 17- to 19-year age group (Table 5.2). The one exception to this trend was the USNR, which had 55 percent falling in the 25- to 34-year age group.

Table 5.2. FY 2002 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions, by Age and Component, and Civilian Labor Force 17-35 Years Old (Percent)
Age Group
Army National Guard
Army Reserve
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Total DoD
17- to 35-Year-Old Civilians
17-19
61.5
66.0
0.6
65.2
53.9
39.8
57.4
16.9
20-24
24.8
24.0
21.9
27.7
30.3
37.5
25.5
26.5
25-29
7.8
6.7
30.4
6.1
9.7
13.3
9.3
24.1
30-34
4.1
3.2
24.9
0.9
5.4
7.8
5.3
27.0
35-39
1.1
0.2
19.4
0.0
0.5
1.2
2.0
5.5
40-44
0.2
0.0
1.6
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
 
45-49
0.1
0.0
0.8
0.0
*
0.1
0.1
 
50+
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
 
Unknown
0.4
0.0
*
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
 
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Less than one-tenth of one percent.
Also see Appendix Tables C-1 (Age by Component and Gender) and C-2 (Age by Marital Status and Gender).
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2001- September 2002.

Several factors contribute to age differences within the Reserve Components, including the size of the recruiting mission and the incentives used by recruiters. ARNG and USAR recruiters work extensively with the high school population because of the size of their respective NPS recruiting missions. Although the high school senior market is their primary target, recruiters use the split training option as an important incentive. This option allows high school juniors to enlist and attend basic training after their junior year of high school, and then enter skill training a year later upon graduating from high school. In FY 2002, 24 percent of ARNG NPS recruits were students still enrolled in high school. This is a slight decrease from FY 2001. Fifteen percent of USAR NPS recruits were students still enrolled in high school.

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