Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY12: 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 Gains 1
Males 4,833 79.0 3,129 77.0 1,358 91.4 3,333 72.4 12,653 77.8 8,035,422 44.1
Females 1,282 21.0 936 23.0 128 8.6 1,270 27.6 3,616 22.2 10,191,050 55.9
TOTAL 6,115 100   4,065 100   1,486 100   4,603 100   16,269 100   18,226,472 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 2
Males 68,306 82.4 42,993 83.3 18,541 93.7 52,525 80.8 182,365 83.2 16,086,519 48.5
Females 14,550 17.6 8,611 16.7 1,248 6.3 12,487 19.2 36,896 16.8 17,051,284 51.5
TOTAL 82,856 100   51,604 100   19,789 100   65,012 100   219,261 100   33,137,803 100
     
  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 2011-September 2012 average.
  2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian workforce (21-49 years old), September 2012.
      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).