Fast Facts on the Armed Forces


Education
• Enlisted personnel: Minimum high school diploma
• Officers: Bachelor's or other advanced degree

Enlisted Occupational Groups
• Administrative
• Combat specialty
• Construction
• Electronic and electrical equipment repair
• Engineering, science and technical
• Healthcare
• Human services
• Machine operations and production
• Media and public affairs
• Service
• Transportation and material handling
• Vehicle and machinery mechanics

Officer Occupational Groups
• Combat specialty
• Engineering, science and technical
• Executive, administrative and managerial
• Healthcare
• Health diagnosing and treating
• Human services
• Media and public affairs

Job Outlook
• Roughly 350,000 officers and enlisted personnel finish their
  commitment to some branch of the military each year. Recruits
  must be found as replacements.
• The total number of active duty personnel is expected to remain
  steady through 2010.
 
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