Conscientious Objectors: Number of Applications Remained Small During the
Persian Gulf War (Letter Report, 11/09/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-35).

During fiscal years 1988-1990, the Pentagon processed up to 200
applications each year for conscientious objector status and approved
about 80 to 85 percent.  During the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the number of
applications rose to 447, about 61 percent of which were approved.
Applicants were generally young junior enlisted personnel.  Given that
more than 500,000 troops were sent to the Persian Gulf, coupled with the
fact that the services deployed some applicants, conscientious objectors
had no measurable impact on the readiness of the all-volunteer force.
This report also describes the different procedures used by the various
military services to process conscientious objectors' applications.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-35
     TITLE:  Conscientious Objectors: Number of Applications Remained 
             Small During the Persian Gulf War
      DATE:  11/09/93
   SUBJECT:  Combat readiness
             Enlisted personnel
             Military personnel
             Warfare
             Military operations
             Personnel classification
             Agency proceedings
             Military discharges
             Ethical conduct
             Information processing operations
IDENTIFIER:  Persian Gulf War
             
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