CHAPTER 6
Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps

           

This chapter describes demographic characteristics of Selected Reserve officer accessions and commissioned officers in FY 1999. [1] The total officer accessions for Reserves increased in FY 1999 (from 15,482 in FY 1998 to 17,447 in FY 1999). The size of the FY 1999 officer corps remained virtually the same compared to FY 1998 (124,329 to 124,309, respectively).  On the whole the Selected Reserve officer corps of FY 1999 looks similar to the FY 1998 officer corps.  Figure 6.1 shows the Reserve Component officer corps end-strengths for FYs 1974 to 1999.

Figure 6.1.  Reserve Component officer corps end-strength, FYs 1974–1999.

Table 6.1 compares the number and proportion of Reserve officer accessions with the officer corps. The ARNG and the USAR account for the largest proportion of Selected Reserve officers.  The two Army components comprise 60 percent of Reserve officer accessions and 58 percent of Reserve officer end-strength.  With the exception of the USNR, accessions increased for all components in FY 1999.  End-strength decreased in the ARNG, USNR, and USMCR, but increased in the USAR, ANG and USAFR.

Table 6.1.  FY 1999 Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps End-Strength (Number and Percent)
	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps End-Strength
Component	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Army National Guard	2,427	13.9	30,418	24.5
Army Reserve	8,064	46.2	41,933	33.7
Naval Reserve	2,942	16.9	18,907	15.2
USMC Reserve	843	4.8	3,565	2.9
Air National Guard	1,150	6.6	13,291	10.7
Air Force Reserve	2,021	11.6	16,215	13.0
Total	17,447	100.0	124,329	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-23 (Officer Accessions by Age and Component) and C-24 (Officers by Age and Component).