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February 2010Shaping a Full‐Spectrum Naval ForceFigure 7 ‐ Active Navy Personnel StrengthFY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011Officers 51,615 52,543 53,115Enlisted 273,177 271,907 271,235Midshipmen 4,512 4,350 4,350Total: Strength 329,304 328,800 328,700*FY 2010 and FY 2011 include 4,400 strength requested for overseas contingency operationsTo ensure we attract the best and brightest for our team, the Navy will align itshuman capital efforts to five Strategic Imperatives. These five imperatives are forour team to be: responsive to the Joint Warfighter; competitive for the best talent inthe nation; diverse; a learning organization; and a leader in human resourcesolutions.Recruiting Command continues to meet the manpower needs of the Navy. ActiveNavy recruiters continue to meet their monthly shipping and new contract missionand quality goals. Recruit quality in FY 2009 was 95% high school graduates, 78% testscore category I‐IIIA and 12% with some college experience.Figure 8 – Active Navy Recruiting ProductivityFY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011# of Recruiters 3,978 4,100 4,100# of Recruits (New Contracts) 33,928 35,100 35,300# of Recruits per Recruiter 8.5 8.6 8.6Size of Delayed Entry Program (DEP) (Beginning of FY) 20,961 26,750 17,000Accession mission 35,500 36,200 35,100Size of DEP as percent of accessions 59.0% 73.9% 48.4%Enlisted Accessions 35,527 36,200 34,000Percent High School Graduates 95% 95% 95%Percent above average Armed Forces Qual Test 78% 70% 70%The Navy will increase the number of E‐4 to E‐9 (Top 6) to 73.25% in FY 2011 to retainmore of our experienced leaders and maintain advancement opportunities. TheFY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget 3‐5