Table B-31.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Corps, FY15: by Source of Commission, Service, and Gender
Number
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1  
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
GENDER Academy Scholarship Scholarship OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 10,983 21,950 12,432 10,759 6,844 2,324 22 65,314
   Females 1,616 4,869 1,926 1,854 3,254 1,033 12 14,564
   Total 12,599 26,819 14,358 12,613 10,098 3,357 34 79,878
   Percent Females 12.8 18.2 13.4 14.7 32.2 30.8 35.3 18.2
NAVY                
    Males 9,159 7,938 655 9,476 6,736 34 9,251 43,249
    Females 1,556 1,746 87 1,101 3,435 0 1,383 9,308
    Total 10,715 9,684 742 10,577 10,171 34 10,634 52,557
   Percent Females 14.5 18.0 11.7 10.4 33.8 0 13.0 17.7
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 2,598 917 0 10,316 245 2 3,165 17,243
    Females 367 34 0 693 19 0 223 1,336
    Total 2,965 951 0 11,009 264 2 3,388 18,579
   Percent Females 12.4 3.6 ----- 6.3 7.2 0 6.6 7.2
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 12,065 8,339 13,359 8,649 6,189 29 7 48,637
    Females 2,018 1,714 2,766 1,531 4,328 9 1 12,367
    Total 14,083 10,053 16,125 10,180 10,517 38 8 61,004
   Percent Females 14.3 17.0 17.2 15.0 41.2 23.7 12.5 20.3
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 34,805 39,144 26,446 39,200 20,014 2,389 12,445 174,443
    Females 5,557 8,363 4,779 5,179 11,036 1,042 1,619 37,575
    Total 40,362 47,507 31,225 44,379 31,050 3,431 14,064 212,018
   Percent Females 13.8 17.6 15.3 11.7 35.5 30.4 11.5 17.7
Percent
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1  
Service  ROTC ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct
GENDER Academy Scholarship Scholarship OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 16.8 33.6 19.0 16.5 10.5 3.6 0.03 100
   Females 11.1 33.4 13.2 12.7 22.3 7.1 0.08 100
   Total 15.8 33.6 18.0 15.8 12.6 4.2 0.04 100
NAVY                
    Males 21.2 18.4 1.5 21.9 15.6 0.08 21.4 100
    Females 16.7 18.8 0.93 11.8 36.9 0 14.9 100
    Total 20.4 18.4 1.4 20.1 19.4 0.06 20.2 100
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 15.1 5.3 0 59.8 1.4 0.01 18.4 100
    Females 27.5 2.5 0 51.9 1.4 0 16.7 100
    Total 16.0 5.1 0 59.3 1.4 0.01 18.2 100
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 24.8 17.1 27.5 17.8 12.7 0.06 0.01 100
    Females 16.3 13.9 22.4 12.4 35.0 0.07 0.01 100
    Total 23.1 16.5 26.4 16.7 17.2 0.06 0.01 100
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 20.0 22.4 15.2 22.5 11.5 1.4 7.1 100
    Females 14.8 22.3 12.7 13.8 29.4 2.8 4.3 100
    Total 19.0 22.4 14.7 20.9 14.6 1.6 6.6 100
   
  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. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
      OCS - Officer Candidate School
      OTS - Officer Training School
  2. Includes Officer Candidates School (OCS), Aviation OCS, Officer Training School (OTS), or Platoon Leaders Course (PLC).
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.