8 Race/Ethnicity
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Race/Ethnicity.  The racial/ethnic composition of enlisted personnel and officers deployed to Bosnia is compared to the Total Force in Table 8.2. In general, the make-up of active duty forces deployed to Bosnia during FY 1997 was representative of the Total Force.  There was a slight overrepresentation of Whites and underrepresentation of Hispanics.  The race/ethnicity differences between the Bosnia and total forces were more pronounced among the Selected Reserves than the Active Component.  As in the Total Force, the Active Component force in Bosnia included a larger proportion of minorities than the Reserve Component (31 percent versus 14 percent, respectively).

Table 8.2. Race/Ethnicity of FY 1997 Enlisted Personnel and Officers Deployed to Bosnia by Component Compared to the Total Force (Percent)

Race/Ethnicity

Enlisted

Officer

Total

Active

Reserve

Total

Active

Reserve

Total

Active

Reserve

Total

Bosnia

White

66.5

86.6

68.2

87.1

84.7

86.4

69.1

85.8

71.2

Black

22.6

6.6

21.1

6.3

7.5

6.7

20.5

7.0

18.8

Hispanic

5.6

2.7

5.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

5.2

2.6

4.9

Other

5.4

4.0

5.2

4.2

5.3

4.5

5.2

4.6

5.1

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Total Force

White

64.7

70.1

66.8

85.0

84.6

84.8

67.7

72.1

69.4

Black

22.1

17.9

20.5

7.5

8.2

7.8

19.9

16.5

18.6

Hispanic

7.5

7.4

7.4

3.1

3.3

3.2

6.8

6.8

6.8

Other

5.8

4.6

5.3

4.4

3.8

4.2

5.6

4.5

5.1

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.

Also see Appendix Tables E-1 (Active Enlisted by Race/ethnicity), E-5 (Active Officer Corps by Race/ethnicity), E-6 (Reserve Enlisted by Race/ethnicity), and E-10 (Reserve Officer Corps by Race/ethnicity) for numbers deployed to Bosnia and B-25 (Active Enlisted by Race/ethnicity), B-34 (Active Officer Corps by Race/ethnicity), C-17 (Reserve Enlisted by Race/ethnicity), and C-27 (Reserve Officer Corps by Race/ethnicity) for Total Force comparisons.

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