Table B-6.  FY 2005 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
		EDUCATIONAL TIER
		TIER 1				TIER 2				TIER 3				TOTAL
	GENDER	#		%		#		%		#		%		#		%
	ARMY*
	Males	42,362		80.81%		9,557		18.23%		505		0.96%		52,424		100.00%
	Females	9,459		86.78%		1,304		11.96%		137		1.26%		10,900		100.00%
	Total	51,821		81.83%		10,861		17.15%		642		1.01%		63,324		100.00%
	NAVY
	Males	29,701		94.08%		1,465		4.64%		404		1.28%		31,570		100.00%
	Females	5,968		96.90%		159		2.58%		32		0.52%		6,159		100.00%
	Total	35,669		94.54%		1,624		4.30%		436		1.16%		37,729		100.00%
	MARINE CORPS
	Males	28,050		94.28%		1,645		5.53%		58		0.19%		29,753		100.00%
	Females	2,196		97.08%		63		2.79%		3		0.13%		2,262		100.00%
	Total	30,246		94.47%		1,708		5.33%		61		0.19%		32,015		100.00%
	AIR FORCE
	Males	14,691		99.34%		84		0.57%		14		0.09%		14,789		100.00%
	Females	4,277		99.40%		24		0.56%		2		0.05%		4,303		100.00%
	Total	18,968		99.35%		108		0.57%		16		0.08%		19,092		100.00%
	TOTAL DoD
	Males	114,804		89.32%		12,751		9.92%		981		0.76%		128,536		100.00%
	Females	21,900		92.70%		1,550		6.56%		174		0.74%		23,624		100.00%
	Total	136,704		89.84%		14,301		9.40%		1,155		0.76%		152,160		100.00%
	18-24 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS**
	Males	10,881,839		77.53%		**		**		3,153,179		22.47%		14,035,017		100.00%
	Females	11,471,458		82.34%		**		**		2,459,609		17.66%		13,931,068		100.00%
	Total	22,353,297		79.93%		**		**		5,612,788		20.07%		27,966,085		100.00%
	*   The Army's previously reported NPS accession achievement of 65,019 included three days of accessions in FY 2004 (September 28-30 2004), in conjunction
	with its FY 2005 recruiting calendar. The number in this report accurately reflects NPS accessions from 1 October 2004 through 30 September 2005.
	**Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
	Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, October 2004-September 2005.