* Includes Marine Corps Active Duty Demographic Profile Assigned Strength, Gender, Race, Marital, Education and Age Profile of Active Duty Force September 2007 July 2008

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps2July 2008 Research Assumptions Officers  Includes Warrant Officers Data Source  Data were extracted from Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) manpower and personnel files.

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps3July 2008 Assigned Strength of Active Duty Force September 2007 ServiceEnlistedOfficersTotal Percentage Army433,10184,682517, % Navy280,83851,431332, % Marine Corps166,74119,684186, % Air Force263,37265,722329, % Coast Guard32,5998,05140, % Total1,176,651229,5701,406, % 1.4 Million Assigned * Includes Warrant Officers

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps4July 2008 Active Duty Gender Distribution  Air Force has highest percent of women  18% Officers  20% Enlisted  Air Force has highest percent of women  18% Officers  20% Enlisted * Includes Warrant Officers One-Seventh Are Female

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps5July 2008 Race Profile of Active Duty Force * Includes Black & Other  Over one-fourth are race minorities (25%)  Blacks comprise nearly one-fifth (18%) of active duty force  Over one-fourth are race minorities (25%)  Blacks comprise nearly one-fifth (18%) of active duty force Race Distribution, September 2007 Service% White% Minorities*% Black% Other Army 73.6%26.4%21.8%4.6% Navy 67.3%32.7%19.4%13.3% Marine Corps 83.5%16.5%11.4%5.1% Air Force 78.4%21.6%15.6%5.9% Coast Guard 82.8%17.2%6.4%10.7% Total 74.8%25.2%18.0%7.2%

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps6July 2008 Marital Profile of Active Duty Force * Includes Warrant Officers ** Numbers do not equal 100% because other marital status not listed.  Total active duty rate is 55%  Ranges from 45% in Marine Corps to 61% in Air Force  Half of enlisted force (52%) are married  Five-sevenths (71%) of officers are married  Total active duty rate is 55%  Ranges from 45% in Marine Corps to 61% in Air Force  Half of enlisted force (52%) are married  Five-sevenths (71%) of officers are married Half Are Married

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps7July 2008 Education Profile of Active Duty Force  93% of total DoD enlisted* earned High School Diploma or equivalent and above  90% of total DoD officers** have a college degree or higher  93% of total DoD enlisted* earned High School Diploma or equivalent and above  90% of total DoD officers** have a college degree or higher Almost All Enlisted Are High School Grads * Unknowns: Army: 1.7%, Marines: 0.6%, Navy: 0.5% and Coast Guard 0.4% ** Includes Warrant Officers; Unknowns: Air Force: 2.7%, Navy 13.0% and Coast Guard 1.1%

Information and Technology for Better Decision Making MDDC * Includes Marine Corps8July 2008 Age Distribution of Active Duty Force * May not add to 100.0% due to rounding  Marine Corps has highest percentage of year olds (37%)  Average age of total active duty force is 28  Marine Corps has highest percentage of year olds (37%)  Average age of total active duty force is 28 Almost Half Are Between Yrs Service Average Age Army19.0%47.0%25.7%7.7%0.6%29 Navy18.8%45.7%26.4%8.4%0.7%29 Marine Corps 37.3%44.6%14.6%3.3%0.2%25 Air Force14.3%46.3%28.2%10.6%0.6%30 Coast Guard12.3%47.7%26.6%12.6%0.8%30 Total20.1%46.2%25.0%8.1%0.6%28