Table C-6.  FY 2008 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains by Education, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
		EDUCATIONAL TIER
		TIER 11			TIER 2			TIER 3			TOTAL
	GENDER	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
	ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
	Male	27,669	76.94%		4,292	11.94%		3,999	11.12%		35,960	100.00%
	Female	7,748	83.06%		781	8.37%		799	8.57%		9,328	100.00%
	Total	35,417	78.20%		5,073	11.20%		4,798	10.59%		45,288	100.00%
	ARMY RESERVE
	Male	15,512	96.44%		151	0.94%		422	2.62%		16,085	100.00%
	Female	6,466	97.87%		48	0.73%		93	1.41%		6,607	100.00%
	Total	21,978	96.85%		199	0.88%		515	2.27%		22,692	100.00%
	NAVAL RESERVE
	Male	974	97.11%		14	1.40%		15	1.50%		1,003	100.00%
	Female	230	97.46%		2	0.85%		4	1.69%		236	100.00%
	Total	1,204	97.18%		16	1.29%		19	1.53%		1,239	100.00%
	MARINE CORPS RESERVE
	Male	3,929	96.82%		127	3.13%		2	0.05%		4,058	100.00%
	Female	195	100.00%		0	0.00%		0	0.00%		195	100.00%
	Total	4,124	96.97%		127	2.99%		2	0.05%		4,253	100.00%
	AIR NATIONAL GUARD
	Male	3,828	95.41%		166	4.14%		18	0.45%		4,012	100.00%
	Female	1,261	96.11%		45	3.43%		6	0.46%		1,312	100.00%
	Total	5,089	95.59%		211	3.96%		24	0.45%		5,324	100.00%
	AIR FORCE RESERVE
	Male	1,350	96.91%		43	3.09%		0	0.00%		1,393	100.00%
	Female	773	97.60%		19	2.40%		0	0.00%		792	100.00%
	Total	2,123	97.16%		62	2.84%		0	0.00%		2,185	100.00%
	TOTAL DoD
	Male	53,262	85.20%		4,793	7.67%		4,456	7.13%		62,511	100.00%
	Female	16,673	90.27%		895	4.85%		902	4.88%		18,470	100.00%
	Total	69,935	86.36%		5,688	7.02%		5,358	6.62%		80,981	100.00%
	18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIANS
	Male	11,477,774	80.19%		(2)	(2)		2,834,567	19.81%		14,312,341	100.00%
	Female	11,833,137	84.20%		(2)	(2)		2,220,701	15.80%		14,053,837	100.00%
	Total	23,310,911	82.18%		(2)	(2)		5,055,268	17.82%		28,366,179	100.00%
	1. Includes gains who are currently high school seniors.
	2. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.
	Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
	Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2007-September 2008 average.