Race/Ethnicity
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Table 6.2 shows the FY 1999 Selected Reserve officer accessions and officer corps by race/ethnicity. The proportion of Black officer accessions in the Selected Reserve (10 percent) is comparable to the proportion in the Active Component (8 percent), but the Active Component accessed a higher percentage of Hispanic officers (7 percent versus 3 percent). In FY 1999, the Active Component accessed more new officers of “Other” race/ethnicity than the Selected Reserve (8 percent versus 5 percent), but the Reserve Component maintained similar proportions of “Other” officers as the Active Component (4 and 5 percent, respectively).
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Table
6.2. FY 1999 Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps,
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Component |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Other |
Total |
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SELECTED
RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS |
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Army National
Guard |
82.2 |
8.7 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
100.0 |
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Army Reserve |
76.4 |
14.5 |
3.5 |
5.7 |
100.0 |
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Naval Reserve |
89.9 |
4.3 |
1.8 |
4.0 |
100.0 |
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USMC Reserve |
87.2 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
3.2 |
100.0 |
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Air National
Guard |
85.7 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
100.0 |
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Air Force Reserve |
87.5 |
4.9 |
2.5 |
5.2 |
100.0 |
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Total DoD |
81.9 |
9.7 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
100.0 |
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SELECTED
RESERVE OFFICER CORPS |
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Army National
Guard |
85.0 |
7.5 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
100.0 |
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Army Reserve |
75.7 |
14.9 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
100.0 |
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Naval Reserve |
90.6 |
3.6 |
1.9 |
3.9 |
100.0 |
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USMC Reserve |
90.0 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
100.0 |
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Air National
Guard |
87.1 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
4.8 |
100.0 |
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Air Force Reserve |
87.7 |
5.6 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
100.0 |
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Total DoD |
83.4 |
8.8 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
100.0 |
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Rows may not
add to total due to rounding. |
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The Army components of the Selected Reserve have the highest proportions of Black (ARNG – 9 percent, USAR – 14 percent) and Hispanic (ARNG and USAR 4 percent, each). The USNR has the lowest percent of Blacks (4 percent), and the USNR and USAFR have 2 percent Hispanic officers – the lowest of the Reserve Components. In the remaining components, the proportion of Black officers is approximately 5 percent and the proportion of Hispanic officers ranges from 2 to 5 percent.