United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

362 National Defense and Veterans Affairs
No. 600. Active Do ty M ilitary Personnel and T heir Dep en d e n ts: i9 6 0 t o 1981
(In thousands except as Indicated. As ot September 30.]
B R A N C H O F S E R V I C E 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7 1 9 7 8 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 0 1 9 6 1
Military personnel, total 1.......................... .............. 2, 4 7 9 2, 7 1 0 2 , 9 7 0 2 , 0 9 2 2 , 0 7 1 2, 0 6 1 2 , 0 4 9 2 , 0 1 4 2 , 0 3 7 2 , 0 6 9
Males.......................... - ................................................. 2,44/ 2 . 6 7 9 2 , 9 2 6 1,991 1 , 9 5 9 1 , 9 4 2 1 , 9 1 6 1 , 8 6 4 1 , 8 6 7 1,886
Dependents, total......................................
3,727 3, 8 1 4 4 , 0 9 5 2, 9 8 0 3 , 0 0 9 2 , 9 3 6 2,666 2 , 8 7 9 2 , 8 2 7 ? , 5 5 R
spouses..............................................
1,276 1,286 1, 5 0 7 1,132 1 , 1 5 5 1 , 1 3 4 1 , 1 1 5 1 , 1 0 3 1 . 0 9 0 1 , 0 0 7
Children...»............................................ 2, 2 7 b 2, 3 7 5 2 , 3 2 8 1, 7 4 7 1,761 1 , 6 9 9 1, 6 5 4 1 , 6 4 6 1,601 1 , 4 7 6
Parents and all other............... . 1 7 6 1 5 3 2 6 1 101 9 3 1 0 3 9 9 1 3 0 1 3 5 7 5
Number per military male......................... 1.50 1.41 1.38 1.50 1.45 1.42 1.40 1.54 1.51 1.35
Army..... ............................................. 1.55 1.18 1.32 1.54 1.55 1.53 1.55 1.85 1.84 1.44
Navy................................................... 1.16 1.15 1.12 1.26 1.21 1.19 1.14 1. 1 6 1.11 1.12
Marine Corps...................................... .97 .97 .96 .93 .91 .69 .86 .87 .85 .88
Air Force.................................................................. 1.63 2.00 1.95 1.B6 1.72 1.68 1.62 1.73 1.69 1.65
Number per family unit.............. ...................... ............ 2.92 2.97 2.72 2.63 2.61 2. 5 9 2.57 2.61 2 . 5 9 2. 5 4
Army.............................................. .......................... 3.15 2.89 2.66 2.75 2 . 7 4 2. 7 6 2.75 2.86 2 . 8 9 2. 6 7
Navy.......... ............................................................... 2.7b 2.78 2.54 2.54 2 . 5 3 2. 4 6 2.43 2 . 4 0 2 . 3 4 2 . 3 4
Marine Corps... ........................................................ 2.63 2.75 2.46 2.40 2 . 4 0 2. 3 8 2.39 2 . 4 2 2.41 2. 4 0
Air Force................................................................... 2.85 3.16 2.63 2.62 2.54 2.51 2.48 2 . 4 5 2.41 2 . 3 7
1Excludes cadets.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, S e le c te d M a n p o w e r Statistics, annual.
No. 601. Military Personnel— Desertion and Absent-W ith o u t-Au t h o r ity Ra t e s:
1965 TO 1981
[Rate per 1,000 average end-of-month strength. For years ending June 30 except, beginning 1977, ending Sept. 30]
YEAR
Total
Army
DESERTION RATE 1
Marine
Corps
Navy
Air
Force Total Army
ABSENT-WITHOUT-AUTHORITY RATE a
Marine
Corps
Navy
Air
Force
1965.................................................
15.7 18.8 6.7 0.4 (NA) 60.1 (NA) 26.8 2.9
1969................................................. m 42.4 40.2 7.3 .6 64.9 112.3 119.8 13.5 4.4
1970................................................ 33.6 52.3 59.6 9.9 .8 86.3 132.5 174.3 17.5 5.9
1971............................................... 42.0 73.5 56.2 11.1 1.5 104.3 176.9 166.6 19.0 9.4
1972...................... ......- .................. 35.1 62.0 65.3 8.8 2.8 95.3 166.4 170.0 16.3 17.2
1973................................................. 29.6 52.1 63.2 13.6 2.2 93.2 159.2 234.3 21.7 16.1
1974................................................ 29.9 41.1 89.2 21.2 2.4 95.0 129.9 267.5 53.6 17.3
1975................................................ 26.3 26.0 105.0 22.4 1.9 86.6 95.4 300.9 73.0 13.0
1976........................ ............... ........ 20.1 17.7 69.2 24.8 1.2 68.2 70.3 201.6 77.5 7.8
1977......................... ...................... 19.1 16.7 47.0 31.6 .6 j 48.5 47.0 103.5 76.9 3.6
1976................................................ 18.0 15.4 39.9 30.4 .7 46.0 40.4 97.5 78.3 4.6
1979.................................- ............. 18.5 18.1 37.9 29.6 1.1 46.2 38.0 86.7 63.4 5.9
iflR n ............................ 17.9 19.6 34.2 27.0 1.2 46.8 41.6 82 0 6.7
1981............................. - ................. 14.7 15.9 28.8 21.8 1.0 42.3 36.0 73.9 77.9 5.2
NA Not available. 1 Absent without authority more than 30 days. 3 For 30 days or less.
No. 602. Discharges o f Enlisted Personnel, by Ty p e: 1965 t o 1981
[For years ending June 30 except, beginning 1977, ending Sept. 30]
YEAR
Total
discharges
Honorable19
General
13
Other
than
honorable
1*
Bad
conduct'8
Dishonorable57
Honorable
PERCENT OF TOTAL
Genera)
Other
1965.___ __________ 718,898 678,100 25,477 13,178 2.066 55 94.3 3.5 2.1
1966— ........................ 740,044 706,761 20,863 10,544 1.784 72 95.5 2.8
1»fi7 ................... 689,617 657,684 19,562 9,741 2.565 65 95.4 2.8
1.7
1968___ __________ 869,877 836,990 18,260 11,707 2.886 34 96.2 2.1 1.7
1969— ....................... 1,016,470 980,376 19.853 12,392 3.662 187 96.4 2.0 1.6
1970_____________ 1.136,140 1,081,556 29,334 20,911 3,964 375 95.2 2.6 2.2
1971........................... 1,018,622 944,366 40,256 29,139 4.737 325 92.7 4.0 3.4
1972____ _________ 890,557 804,470 45,219 36,345 4.167 356 90.3 5.1 4.0
1973.____ _________ 719.789 646,720 40.680 29,049 2,906 434 60.6 5.7 4.5
1974_______ ___ _ 688,179 609,580 45,960 29,336 2,968 315 88.6 6.7 4.7
1975_____________ 682,952 603,058 46,999 27,015 3,587 293 88.3 7.2 4.4
1976______________ 630.194 542.074 53,135 30,721 3,435 229 86.1 8.4 5.5
1977_____ ________ 569,258 509,693 38.922 18,104 2,349 190 89.5 6.8 3.7
1978........... ................ 493.565 446,870 29,678 15,054 1,023 160 90.5 6.0 3.5
1979_____ ________ 543.222 4991260 26,909 14,759 1,914 291 91.9
Iflftft ................. 541,558 499,950 23,541 15,553 2.242 272 92.3
5.0 3.1
1981_______ ____ 530,718 481,713 27,372 17,613 3,633 387 90.8 5.2 4.1
'Administrative discharge. ‘ Based on proper military behavior and proficient performance of duty; honest and faithful service.
* Discharge under honorable conditions; satisfactory service; military record not sufficiently meritorious for honorable discharge.
'Unsatisfactory service (misconduct, security or resignation/request for discharge). ‘ Punitive, resulting from trial by court'
martial, ‘ Usually punishment for repeated convictions ot minor offenses. ‘ Granted after conviction of offenses usually
recognized by civil law as felonies, or of military offenses requiring severe punishment
Source of tables 601 and 602: U.S. Dept, of Defense, unpublished data