Table D-24.  White NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 2003-2006
	SERVICE															18-24 YR OLD
FISCAL	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			CIVILIANS
YEAR	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		%
2003*	42,770	76.82%		21,411	67.44%		20,067	80.84%		21,035	78.87%		105,283	75.79%		78.40%
2004	52,735	72.53%		25,497	64.69%		24,597	81.57%		25,847	76.72%		128,676	73.12%		78.52%
2005	45,488	71.83%		24,249	64.27%		26,781	83.65%		14,643	76.70%		111,161	73.06%		78.14%
2006**	52,272	74.93%		23,769	66.32%		26,681	85.07%		23,535	77.34%		126,257	75.43%		77.99%
*  In FY 2003 there was a change in the way DOD reported race/ethnicity data. The new race/ethnicity data were not available for all Services until after the first quarter of FY03.
Therefore, DOD and civilian race and ethnicity data only represent the last three quarters of FY03.
**The Population Representation in the Military Services (POPREP) is based on data from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Breakouts of accessions by service component
and prior service/non-prior service designation will not match reports by individual services because of differences in defining prior service accessions. DMDC uses the Defense Enrollment
Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) to determine prior service, but the services each use their own criteria.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.