Sources: America's Volunteers: A Report on the All-Volunteer Forces (Washington, DC: DoD, Dec 1978); Patterson, D.A., & Haskins, J.A., The Air
Force,Conscription, and the All-Volunteer Force (Montgomery, AL: Air University Press, Dec 1987); the Defense Manpower Data Center; and OASD (FMP)(MPP)(AP) Civilian data compiled by the Statistical
Information Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (June 21, 1993). Accessions reported for 1954-1963 include males only; including females would increase accessions by less than 2
percent. |