Table E-18.  Coast Guard Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY19: 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 77 74.76 0 ----- 1 100 6 66.67 2 100 3 60.00 297 71.57 386 72.15
Females 26 25.24   0 -----   0 0   3 33.33   0 0   2 40.00   118 28.43   149 27.85
TOTAL 103 100 0 ----- 1 100 9 100 2 100 5 100 415 100 535 100
   Percent Females 25.24 ----- 0 33.33 0 40.00 28.43 27.85
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 87 84.47 0 ----- 0 0 4 44.44 2 100 2 40.00 309 74.46 404 75.51
Black 6 5.83 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20.00 21 5.06 28 5.23
AIAN4 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.96 4 0.75
Asian 4 3.88 0 ----- 0 0 1 11.11 0 0 0 0 23 5.54 28 5.23
NHPI5 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.72 3 0.56
Two or more 2 1.94 0 ----- 1 100 2 22.22 0 0 0 0 27 6.51 32 5.98
Unknown 4 3.88   0 -----   0 0   2 22.22   0 0   2 40.00   28 6.75   36 6.73
TOTAL 103 100 0 ----- 1 100 9 100 2 100 5 100 415 100 535 100
Hispanic 12 11.65 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 9.16 50 9.35
Not Hispanic6 91 88.35   0 -----   1 100   9 100   2 100   5 100   377 90.84   485 90.65
  TOTAL 103 100 0 ----- 1 100 9 100 2 100 5 100 415 100 535 100
Officer Corps7                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION2
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment3   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 2,694 74.03 0 ----- 0 ----- 952 73.51 114 81.43 612 80.85 836 85.05 5,208 76.43
Females 945 25.97   0 -----   0 -----   343 26.49   26 18.57   145 19.15   147 14.95   1,606 23.57
TOTAL 3,639 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,295 100 140 100 757 100 983 100 6,814 100
   Percent Females 25.97 ----- ----- 26.49 18.57 19.15 14.95 23.57
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 2,921 80.27 0 ----- 0 ----- 884 68.26 118 84.29 565 74.64 725 73.75 5,213 76.50
Black 110 3.02 0 ----- 0 ----- 122 9.42 6 4.29 38 5.02 47 4.78 323 4.74
AIAN4 23 0.63 0 ----- 0 ----- 18 1.39 1 0.71 6 0.79 20 2.03 68 1.00
Asian 107 2.94 0 ----- 0 ----- 30 2.32 5 3.57 19 2.51 13 1.32 174 2.55
NHPI5 7 0.19 0 ----- 0 ----- 7 0.54 0 0 6 0.79 2 0 22 0.32
Two or more 189 5.19 0 ----- 0 ----- 68 5.25 1 0.71 26 3.43 57 5.80 341 5.00
Unknown 282 7.75   0 -----   0 -----   166 12.82   9 6.43   97 12.81   119 12.11   673 9.88
TOTAL 3,639 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,295 100 140 100 757 100 983 100 6,814 100
Hispanic 242 6.65 0 ----- 0 ----- 184 14.21 9 6.43 58 7.66 119 12.11 612 8.98
Not Hispanic 2,633 72.36 0 ----- 0 ----- 879 67.88 111 79.29 563 74.37 727 73.96 4,913 72.10
Unknown 764 20.99   0 -----   0 -----   232 17.92   20 14.29   136 17.97   137 13.94   1,289 18.92
TOTAL 3,639 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,295 100 140 100 757 100 983 100 6,814 100
     
1. Officer gains reflect an addition to the commissioned officer ranks between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019. 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).