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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1604a. In what branch of the service was that?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | air force | air force guard | army | coast guard | marines | national guard | navy | no answer | several | public health | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1142 | 50 | 2 | 174 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 72 | 8 | 8 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1162 | 39 | - | 191 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 63 | 4 | 3 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1188 | 49 | 1 | 195 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 57 | 8 | 3 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1205 | 56 | 1 | 166 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 70 | 4 | 3 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1543 | 46 | 1 | 174 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1301 | 51 | 1 | 137 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 70 | 3 | 3 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1205 | 40 | - | 118 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 4 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 70168 | 331 | 6 | 1155 | 24 | 134 | 53 | 432 | 61 | 25 | 1 | 72390 |
0 several
1 air force guard
2 air force
3 navy
4 army
5 national guard
6 marines
7 coast guard
8 public health
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook