Table E-18.  Coast Guard Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY18: by Source of Commission, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Officer Gains1                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION2
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment3   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 8 66.67 0 ----- 0 ----- 38 69.09 26 81.25 7 77.78 255 67.82 334 69.01
Females 4 33.33   0 -----   0 -----   17 30.91   6 18.75   2 22.22   121 32.18   150 30.99
TOTAL 12 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 55 100 32 100 9 100 376 100 484 100
   Percent Females 33.33 ----- ----- 30.91 18.75 22.22 32.18 30.99
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 8 66.67 0 ----- 0 ----- 36 65.45 30 93.75 9 100 283 75.27 366 75.62
Black 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 6 10.91 2 6.25 0 0 26 6.91 34 7.02
AIAN4 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.82 0 0 0 0 6 1.60 7 1.45
Asian 1 8.33 0 ----- 0 ----- 3 5.45 0 0 0 0 20 5.32 24 4.96
NHPI5 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.21
Two or more 1 8.33 0 ----- 0 ----- 3 5.45 0 0 0 0 21 5.59 25 5.17
Unknown 2 16.67   0 -----   0 -----   5 9.09   0 0   0 0   20 5.32   27 5.58
TOTAL 12 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 55 100 32 100 9 100 376 100 484 100
Hispanic 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 11 20.00 1 3.13 0 0 42 11.17 54 11.16
Not Hispanic6 12 100   0 -----   0 -----   44 80.00   31 96.88   9 100   334 88.83   430 88.84
  TOTAL 12 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 55 100 32 100 9 100 376 100 484 100
Officer Corps7                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION2
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment3   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 2,521 74.65 0 ----- 0 ----- 926 73.26 103 79.84 660 81.38 907 85.16 5,117 76.99
Females 856 25.35   0 -----   0 -----   338 26.74   26 20.16   151 18.62   158 14.84   1,529 23.01
TOTAL 3,377 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,264 100 129 100 811 100 1,065 100 6,646 100
   Percent Females 25.35 ----- ----- 26.74 20.16 18.62 14.84 23.01
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 2,740 81.14 0 ----- 0 ----- 860 68.04 108 83.72 612 75.46 782 73.43 5,102 76.77
Black 83 2.46 0 ----- 0 ----- 131 10.36 6 4.65 38 4.69 49 4.60 307 4.62
AIAN4 22 0.65 0 ----- 0 ----- 19 1.50 1 0.78 6 0.74 29 2.72 77 1.16
Asian 79 2.34 0 ----- 0 ----- 28 2.22 5 3.88 20 2.47 11 1.03 143 2.15
NHPI5 6 0.18 0 ----- 0 ----- 4 0.32 0 0 5 0.62 1 0 16 0.24
Two or more 179 5.30 0 ----- 0 ----- 66 5.22 1 0.78 29 3.58 63 5.92 338 5.09
Unknown 268 7.94   0 -----   0 -----   156 12.34   8 6.20   101 12.45   130 12.21   663 9.98
TOTAL 3,377 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,264 100 129 100 811 100 1,065 100 6,646 100
Hispanic 217 6.43 0 ----- 0 ----- 180 14.24 9 6.98 66 8.14 128 12.02 600 9.03
Not Hispanic 2,462 72.90 0 ----- 0 ----- 861 68.12 102 79.07 602 74.23 791 74.27 4,818 72.49
Unknown 698 20.67   0 -----   0 -----   223 17.64   18 13.95   143 17.63   146 13.71   1,228 18.48
TOTAL 3,377 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,264 100 129 100 811 100 1,065 100 6,646 100
     
1. Officer gains reflect an addition to the commissioned officer ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018. 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 a gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
2. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
OCS - Officer Candidate School
OTS - Officer Training School
3. Although the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has a direct commissioning program, USCG data provided to Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) do not allow calculation of direct appointment by gender and race/ethnicity.
4. American Indian, Alaska Native
5. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
6. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
7. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).