Table B-31.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Corps, FY16: 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 10,839 21,574 12,143 10,051 6,777 2,103 21 63,508
   Females 1,637 4,813 1,950 1,746 3,243 954 10 14,353
   Total 12,476 26,387 14,093 11,797 10,020 3,057 31 77,861
   Percent Females 13.12 18.24 13.84 14.80 32.37 31.21 32.26 18.43
NAVY                
    Males 9,059 7,874 672 9,668 6,664 29 9,077 43,043
    Females 1,660 1,842 100 1,172 3,497 0 1,405 9,676
    Total 10,719 9,716 772 10,840 10,161 29 10,482 52,719
   Percent Females 15.49 18.96 12.95 10.81 34.42 0 13.40 18.35
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 2,623 881 0 10,392 220 2 3,114 17,232
    Females 388 31 0 743 16 0 223 1,401
    Total 3,011 912 0 11,135 236 2 3,337 18,633
   Percent Females 12.89 3.40 ----- 6.67 6.78 0 6.68 7.52
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 11,891 8,389 12,952 9,061 6,064 30 15 48,402
    Females 2,087 1,742 2,796 1,646 4,275 11 2 12,559
    Total 13,978 10,131 15,748 10,707 10,339 41 17 60,961
   Percent Females 14.93 17.19 17.75 15.37 41.35 26.83 11.76 20.60
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 34,412 38,718 25,767 39,172 19,725 2,164 12,227 172,185
    Females 5,772 8,428 4,846 5,307 11,031 965 1,640 37,989
    Total 40,184 47,146 30,613 44,479 30,756 3,129 13,867 210,174
   Percent Females 14.36 17.88 15.83 11.93 35.87 30.84 11.83 18.08
Percent
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1  
Service  ROTC ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct
GENDER Academy Scholarship Scholarship OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 17.07 33.97 19.12 15.83 10.67 3.31 0.03 100
   Females 11.41 33.53 13.59 12.16 22.59 6.65 0.07 100
   Total 16.02 33.89 18.10 15.15 12.87 3.93 0.04 100
NAVY                
    Males 21.05 18.29 1.56 22.46 15.48 0.07 21.09 100
    Females 17.16 19.04 1.03 12.11 36.14 0 14.52 100
    Total 20.33 18.43 1.46 20.56 19.27 0.06 19.88 100
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 15.22 5.11 0 60.31 1.28 0.01 18.07 100
    Females 27.69 2.21 0 53.03 1.14 0 15.92 100
    Total 16.16 4.89 0 59.76 1.27 0.01 17.91 100
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 24.57 17.33 26.76 18.72 12.53 0.06 0.03 100
    Females 16.62 13.87 22.26 13.11 34.04 0.09 0.02 100
    Total 22.93 16.62 25.83 17.56 16.96 0.07 0.03 100
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 19.99 22.49 14.96 22.75 11.46 1.26 7.10 100
    Females 15.19 22.19 12.76 13.97 29.04 2.54 4.32 100
    Total 19.12 22.43 14.57 21.16 14.63 1.49 6.60 100
   
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.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).