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It quantifies totals for NPS and prior service, describes long-term changes since the all-volunteer force began in 1973, and attributes a short accessions spike in FY 1977 to the transition quarter. 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Accessions included 161,588 NPS and 7,365 prior service accessions.","Answer",{"name":116,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":117},"Why did accessions show a spike in FY 1977 while endstrength did not?",{"text":118,"@type":114},"The FY 1977 accessions spike is attributed to an extra quarter called the “transition quarter,” caused by a fiscal-year redefinition. Endstrength is a snapshot in time, while accessions are a flow over time, so the effect appears for accessions but not endstrength.",{"name":120,"@type":111,"acceptedAnswer":121},"How does AFQT scoring affect eligibility and enlistment goals?",{"text":122,"@type":114},"AFQT scores are calculated from ASVAB results and sorted into percentile categories I through V. Category I through IIIA (50th percentile and above) are treated as the best candidates, and the DoD goal is that at least 60 percent of NPS accessions come from those categories.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},294604,1789695831,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":46,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":130,"read_time":31,"preview_page_count":4},8796095027276,"https://avatar.qwps.com/avatar/d3BzX2FwX3Rlc3RfMjUxMTI2XzAxODA=","Section II: The DoD AC  \nEnlisted accessions and force  \nIn FY 2009, the DoD AC enlisted force stood at 1,176,145 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. Enlisted accessions during the year totaled 168,953 personnel, which includes both non-prior service (NPS) and prior service (PS) accessions. NPS accessions accounted for the bulk of the total—the NPS/PS split was 161,588 and 7,365, respectively.  \n\n| Thousands | Figure 1: Enlisted endstrength and accessions, FY 1973-2009 |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | 2,500\u003Cbr>2,000\u003Cbr>1,500\u003Cbr>1,000\u003Cbr>500\u003Cbr>0 | |\n|  | Fiscal year\u003Cbr>1973\u003Cbr>1975\u003Cbr>1977\u003Cbr>1979\u003Cbr>1981\u003Cbr>1983\u003Cbr>1985\u003Cbr>1987\u003Cbr>1989\u003Cbr>1991\u003Cbr>1993\u003Cbr>1995\u003Cbr>1997\u003Cbr>1999\u003Cbr>2001\u003Cbr>2003\u003Cbr>2005\u003Cbr>2007\u003Cbr>2009\u003Cbr> Endstrength  Accessions |  |\n\nFigure 1 shows how enlisted endstrength and accessions have fluctuated since the institution of the all-volunteer force (AVF) in 1973.5 Both accessions and endstrength were much larger then than they are today. Accessions in FY 1973 were more than double their level in FY 2009, while endstrength then was not quite double what it is today. The relatively greater decline in accessions has contributed to the enlisted force becoming more senior (more heavily weighted toward the senior pay grades) . The FY 1977 blip in accessions is attributable to the extra quarter—the so-called “transition quarter”—that resulted from the redefinition of a fiscal year.6 There was no such blip for endstrength because endstrength is a snapshot of a point in time and accessions are a flow over time.  \n5 Only NPS accessions are displayed in Figure 1.  \n6 For FY 1976 and earlier, the fiscal year ran from July 1 through June 30. Starting with FY 1977, the fiscal year ran from October 1 through September 30.  \nOf the services, the Army had the most NPS accessions in FY 2009—63,667 soldiers. Army accessions in FY 2009 were nearly twice that of the next service, the Navy, which accessed 35,216 sailors. The Army’s larger accessions total reflects the push to expand the active-duty Army to an endstrength of 569,000 soldiers. The FY 2009 accessions totals were similar for the Air Force and Marine Corps—31,780 and 30,925, respectively.7 The Marines accessed nearly as many as the Air Force and Navy despite having a considerably smaller service because the Marines are a more junior force (more heavily weighted toward the lower enlisted pay grades), and the Marines are growing while the Navy and Air Force are both downsizing.  \nEnlisted applicants and accessions. Not everyone who applies to serve in the U.S. military is permitted to serve or ends up serving. The U.S. military defines an applicant as someone who expresses interest in military service by taking the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) . There can be a number of reasons why an applicant may wash out rather then entering basic training: a low ASVAB score, failure to meet physical/psychological standards, prior drug use or criminal activity, or simply a change of heart on the recruit’s part about serving in the military. Table 2 provides a comparison ofFY 2009 applicants (those who took the ASVAB) and enlisted NPS accessions (those who entered basic training) .  \nA key metric for evaluating prospective recruits is the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score. A recruit’s AFQT score is calculated from his or her score on the ASVAB. All recruits must take the ASVAB, which is a series of tests that indicate one’s aptitude for military service and potential occupational placement within the military. ASVAB scores are sorted into six categories, which correspond to the following percentile ranges:  \n• Category I: 93rd to 99th percentile  \n• Category II: 65th to 92nd percentile  \n• Category IIIA: 50th to 64th percentile  \n• Category IIIB: 31st to 49th percentile  \n• Category IV: 10th to 30th percentile  \n• Category V: Below the 10th percentile  \nRecruits who score in categories I through IIIA—the 50th percentile and above—are considered to be t","cbCaigT5PEEEIu1G","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigT5PEEEIu1G","pdf",287899,"English","# Enlisted accessions and force\n## FY 2009 enlisted endstrength and accessions\n## Trends since the all-volunteer force (1973)\n## Applicant definitions and washout reasons\n## ASVAB and AFQT screening categories\n## Distribution differences by AFQT, gender, and race/ethnicity","[{\"question\":\"What were the FY 2009 enlisted accessions and endstrength totals for the DoD AC?\",\"answer\":\"In FY 2009, DoD AC enlisted force endstrength was 1,176,145 personnel, and enlisted accessions totaled 168,953. Accessions included 161,588 NPS and 7,365 prior service accessions.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did accessions show a spike in FY 1977 while endstrength did not?\",\"answer\":\"The FY 1977 accessions spike is attributed to an extra quarter called the “transition quarter,” caused by a fiscal-year redefinition. Endstrength is a snapshot in time, while accessions are a flow over time, so the effect appears for accessions but not endstrength.\"},{\"question\":\"How does AFQT scoring affect eligibility and enlistment goals?\",\"answer\":\"AFQT scores are calculated from ASVAB results and sorted into percentile categories I through V. Category I through IIIA (50th percentile and above) are treated as the best candidates, and the DoD goal is that at least 60 percent of NPS accessions come from those categories.\"}]","Section II - The DoD AC - Enlisted accessions and force - FY 2009 overview | PDF"]