Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY11: by Service and Gender with Civilian Comparison Groups
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-35 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains1
Males 5,747 79.7 2,979 76.2 1,526 90.5 3,353 74.7 13,605 78.6 7,792,948 44.0
Females 1,468 20.3 931 23.8 161 9.5 1,138 25.3 3,698 21.4 9,920,474 56.0
TOTAL 7,215 100   3,910 100   1,687 100   4,491 100   17,303 100   17,713,422 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps2
Males 67,411 82.5 43,155 83.6 18,562 93.8 53,187 81.2 182,315 83.4 15,819,268 49.0
Females 14,287 17.5 8,437 16.4 1,222 6.2 12,291 18.8 36,237 16.6 16,472,038 51.0
TOTAL 81,698 100   51,592 100   19,784 100   65,478 100   218,552 100   32,291,305 100
     
  Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of 
      the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in 
      the previous file.
  1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2010-September 2011 average.
  2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21-49 years old), September 2011.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).