Military Personnel : Reporting Additional Service Member Demographics Could Enhance Congressional Oversight

The high pace of mil. oper., thousands of casualties in ongoing mil. oper., & the services' recruiting challenges have raised questions about who is serving in today's mil. & concern that certain subgroups of the U.S. pop'n. may be disproportionately represented among those fighting & dying in support of the war on terrorism. This report addresses 3 questions: (1) What are the demographic characteristics of servicemembers (SM) & how do they compare to the comparable U.S. civilian workforce? (2) How well are the services meeting their overall recruitment goals, & what influences whether or not individuals join the mil.' (3) What are the demographic characteristics of SM who remained in the mil. in FY 2000, 2002 & 2004? Charts & tables.Stewart, Derek B. is the author of 'Military Personnel : Reporting Additional Service Member Demographics Could Enhance Congressional Oversight', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422303665 and ISBN 1422303667.