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 Education
        
          As 
          shown in Table 5.12, 99 percent of FY 2000 Selected Reserve enlisted 
          members have a high school diploma or alternative credential (Tiers 
          1 and 2), compared to 89 percent of the comparably aged civilian labor 
          force. Comparing Table 5.6 (education levels of Selected Reserve accessions) 
          with Table 5.12 suggests that a significant number of enlisted members 
          gain college experience while in the Selected Reserve (6 percent of 
          NPS accessions versus 29 percent of enlisted members). 
 
 
 
           
            | Table 
              5.12. FY 2000 Selected Reserve Enlisted Members, by Education Levels 
              and Component, and Civilian Labor Force 18–49 Years Old (Percent)1 |   
              | Education Tier | Army 
                National Guard | Army Reserve | Naval Reserve | Marine 
                Corps Reserve | Air 
                National Guard | Air 
                Force Reserve | Total DoD | 18- 
                to 49-Year-Old Civilians* |   
              | Tier 1: 
                  Regular High School Graduate or Higher 
                 | 89.3 | 65.2 | 97.9 | 97.4 | 98.3 | 99.7 | 87.0 | 88.9 |   
              | Tier 2: 
                  GED, Alternative Credentials 
                 | 9.4 | 32.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.8 |  |   
              | Tier 3: 
                  No Credentials 
                 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 11.1 |   
              | Total 
                 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |   
              | College 
                Experience  (Part 
                of  Tier 
                1) | 21.1 | 15.4 | 32.6 | 7.8 | 84.7 | 24.9 | 28.6 | 56.6 |   
              | Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Civilian percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2.
 1 Comparisons between FY 2000 data and previous years’ 
                data may show some large changes due to extensive updates and 
                corrections made to the education data in October 1999.
 Also see Appendix 
                Tables C-19 (Education by Component and Gender) and C-20 
                (Education by Component and Race/Ethnicity).
 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current 
                Population Survey File, September 2000.
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