Table 1 Distribution of wartime demographic and military characteristics of personnel who served in the 1991 Gulf War and remained on active duty, FY 1995–2004, compared with those who separated prior to FY 1995
War-time characteristic | Separated | Remained on active duty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<FY 1995 | FY 1995 | FY 1998 | FY 2001 | FY 2004 | |
% | % | % | % | % | |
Total service members with wartime demographic profile available | n = 321 806 | n = 264 409 | n = 179 216 | n = 128 544 | n = 101 591 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 93.8 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 94.0 | 93.9 |
Female | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
Unknown | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Age (years) | |||||
16–22 | 35.2 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 28.3 |
23–26 | 29.8 | 24.2 | 26.7 | 30.5 | 34.3 |
27–31 | 18.0 | 25.4 | 30.1 | 30.0 | 25.3 |
32–61 | 16.9 | 24.3 | 19.7 | 15.5 | 12.1 |
Unknown | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Marital status | |||||
Single, never married | 56.0 | 35.6 | 34.5 | 36.1 | 40.2 |
Married | 42.8 | 61.7 | 62.8 | 61.3 | 57.4 |
Other | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
Unknown | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Race | |||||
Black | 21.9 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 25.4 |
White | 68.6 | 67.7 | 66.9 | 67.1 | 66.6 |
Other | 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
Unknown | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Service | |||||
Army | 49.3 | 43.5 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 43.0 |
Navy* | 23.8 | 28.2 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 27.2 |
Air Force | 8.7 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 17.4 |
Marine Corps | 18.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
Pay grade | |||||
Commissioned officer | 6.0 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 16.1 | 16.7 |
Warrant officer | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
Enlisted | 93.2 | 84.7 | 83.3 | 82.2 | 81.7 |
Unknown | 0.0 | ||||
Primary military occupation grouping | |||||
Combat specialties | 28.8 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 25.9 |
Communications, intelligence | 10.6 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
Craftsworkers | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
Electronics repair | 19.6 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.7 |
Electrical/mechanical repair | 7.6 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 19.6 |
Functional support | 10.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.9 |
Health care specialists | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
Non-occupational | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Other technical specialists | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
Service support | 10.6 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
Unknown | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
War-related exposures | |||||
Anthrax immunization | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Botulinum immunization | (<0.1) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Exposed to Khamisiyah March 10–12, 1991 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.4 |
Exposed to oil well fire 1991 | 65.1 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 61.4 |
In-theater hospitalization | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
In theater during combat period | 90.9 | 78.1 | 78.3 | 78.5 | 78.8 |
Returned to the Gulf between end of war and FY 1995 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 18.6 | |
Subsequent deployment (Bosnia, Kosovo, SW Asia) | 15.0 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 21.2 | |