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This article deals with diversity issues in non-U.S. military forces. As militaries around the world downsize and streamline their operations, several have decided to move from a conscript-based military to full professionalism. This move reinforces the need to meet equal-opportunity objectives. There are several reasons for this. It can improve access to a wider recruitment pool as the armed services compete with civilian companies for scarce labor both in terms of quantity and quality. In Great Britain, for example, one can point to the fact that ethnic minorities, although comprising about 6 percent of the national population, constitute over 19 percent of the 16-24 age group in the military recruitment pool.