Table 5.12. FY 1999 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

99.2

89.9

98.1

97.4

99.2

99.6

97.0

89.0

Tier 2: GED, Alternative Credentials

0.1

4.6

1.1

2.5

0.7

0.3

1.4

Tier 3: No Credentials

0.7

5.4

0.8

0.1

0.1

0.1

1.6

11.0

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

College Experience
(Part of
Tier 1)

20.9

15.8

34.9

8.2

17.3

24.5

20.3

56.3

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Civilian percentages combine Tiers 1 and 2.
¹ Comparisons between FY 1999 data and previous years’ data may show some large changes due to extensive updates and corrections made to the education data in October 1998.
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 1999.