ANNUAL REPORT IDENTIFYING REASONS FOR DISCHARGES FROM THE ARMED FORCES DURING PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.

SEC. 586. ANNUAL REPORT IDENTIFYING REASONS FOR DISCHARGES FROM THE ARMED FORCES DURING PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.(a) Report Required.—Not later than March 1 each year through 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on discharges from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during the preceding fiscal year.(b) Matters To Be Included.—Each such report shall show, in the aggregate and for each of those Armed Forces, the following:(1) The total number of persons discharged during the preceding fiscal year.(2) For each separation code, and for each reenlistment eligibility code, used by the Armed Forces, the number of those discharged persons assigned that code.(3) For the persons assigned each such separation code, classification of discharges by age, by sex, by race, by military rank or grade, by time in service, by unit (shown at the small unit level), by military occupational specialty (or the equivalent), and by reenlistment eligibility code.(c) Use of Generic Separation Codes.—In preparing the reports under this section, the Secretary shall use a generic interservice separation code that provides similar, and consistent, data across the services.