Population Representation 2004 - Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps

SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS AND OFFICER CORPS

Minorities and occupational assignments. An overview of the distribution of Selected Reserve officers by race and ethnicity is provided in Tables 6.11 and Table 6.12. More than half of Whites, Hispanics, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and those of two or more races serve in either tactical operations or health care occupations. The largest proportions of officers who are White, Hispanic, those of two or more races, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander are in tactical operations (35, 27, 33, 32 and 27 percent, respectively); the largest percentages of Black and Asian officers are in health care occupations (27 and 30 percent, respectively).

Table 6.11. FY 2004 Occupational Areas of Selected Reserve Officer Corps, by Race (Percent)
Occupational Area	White	Black	AIAN	Asian	NHPI	Two or more races	Unknown	Total
General Officers and Executives*	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5
Tactical Operations	35.2	16.6	31.7	22.5	27.4	33.2	26.5	32.7
Intelligence	5.8	3.4	4.9	7.0	7.5	10.5	8.6	5.7
Engineering & Maintenance	10.0	11.9	9.7	12.7	10.5	11.6	10.3	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	7.4	5.2	7.1	6.3	4.5	2.6	6.5	7.1
Health Care	19.8	27.1	18.7	30.2	24.4	18.7	26.1	21.0
Administration	6.8	12.7	9.0	6.1	8.7	9.0	7.4	7.4
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	9.0	17.1	13.7	7.8	11.0	7.9	8.4	9.7
Non-Occupational**	5.5	5.9	5.3	7.2	6.0	6.6	6.2	5.6
Total	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. * Calculations do not include 678 White, 21 Black, 7 American Indian/Native Alaskan, 2 Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2 unknown O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services. **Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns. Also see Appendix Table C-32 (Occupational Areas by Component and Race/Ethnicity).

Table 6.12. FY 2004 Occupational Areas of Selected Reserve Officer Corps, by Ethnicity (Percent)
Occupational Area	Hispanic	Not Hispanic	Total
General Officers and Executives*	0.3	0.5	0.5
Tactical Operations	26.8	33.0	32.7
Intelligence	5.6	5.8	5.7
Engineering & Maintenance	10.7	10.2	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	5.9	7.2	7.1
Health Care	23.0	21.0	21.0
Administration	9.0	7.3	7.4
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	12.0	9.6	9.7
Non-Occupational**	6.8	5.6	5.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Calculations do not include 9 Hispanic officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services. *Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns. Also see Appendix Table C-32 (Occupational Areas by Component and Race/Ethnicity).

As detailed in Appendix Table C-32, there are race and ethnicity differences among the Reserve Components by occupational areas. For example, 59 percent of White officers in the USMCR have occupations in tactical operations, while only 43 percent of Black officers do. Other occupational areas such as health care attract members of different race/ethnic groups more uniformly. For example, in the ARNG, the percent of race/ethnicity groups serving in health care occupations ranges from 10 to 14 percent, compared to the USAFR where the range is 22 to 39 percent.

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