Characteristics of Reserve Component Commissioned Officers

In FY 1998, the USCG Reserve accessed a total of 144 new officers and the overall Reserve officer corps end-strength stood at 1,059.  By race/ethnicity and gender, both the new Reserve officers and members of the overall USCG Reserve officer corps were more likely to be White and male than were their DoD Reserve counterparts, as shown in Table 8.15.

Table 8.15.  Race and Gender of FY 1998 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
Race/Ethnicity	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
White	85.4	83.8	91.5	84.3
Black	5.6	8.7	3.5	8.5
Hispanic	*	3.1	*	3.4
Other	9.0	4.5	5.0	3.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gender
Male	88.9	81.1	86.9	81.9
Female	11.1	18.9	13.1	18.1
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Coast Guard Reserve reports racial data only. Also see Appendix Tables C-25 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Gender), C-27 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Race/Ethnicity), and E-36 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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