8-USCG-Reserve Component Officers

U.S. Coast Guard
Reserve Component Officers

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In FY 1999, the USCG Reserve accessed a total of 155 new officers and the overall Reserve officer corps end-strength stood at 1,078, both up from FY 1998 (114 accessions and 1,059 end-strength). By race/ethnicity and gender, members of the overall USCG Reserve officer corps were more likely to be White and male than were their DoD Reserve counterparts, as shown in Table 8.15.

Table 8.15. Race/Ethnicity and Gender of FY 1999 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Race/Ethnicity
White	81.3	81.9	89.9	83.4
Black	5.8	9.7	3.8	8.8
Hispanic	6.5	3.3	3.6	3.5
Other	6.5	5.0	2.7	4.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gender
Male	78.1	81.8	85.7	81.7
Female	21.9	18.2	14.3	18.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-25 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Gender), C-27 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Race/Ethnicity), and E-36 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

Source of Commission. Table 8.16 presents source of commission for Reserve officer accessions and Reserve officers in the Coast Guard and overall DoD Reserve Components. The most often cited source of commission for both new USCG Reserve officer accessions and members of the USCG Reserve officer corps was “Other,” which includes officers trained in one Service, but accessed or serving in another Service. The remainder of new officer accessions or officer corps members were commissioned via either OCS or the Coast Guard Academy. The Coast Guard Reserve does not have an ROTC program.

Table 8.16. FY 1999 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission and Educational Attainment (Percent)
	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Source of Commission
Academy	0.7	9.2	0.3	5.5
ROTC – Scholarship	0.0	14.2	0.0	10.7
ROTC – No Scholarship	0.0	21.7	0.0	23.2
OCS/OTS	49.0	14.3	23.4	12.6
ANG AMS/ARNG OCS	0.0	8.7	0.0	16.1
Direct Appointment	0.0	22.1	0.0	29.2
Other	50.3	9.8	76.4	2.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Education Level
Less than College Graduate	32.9	14.6	20.3	9.3
College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.)	54.2	62.2	59.7	58.8
Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.)	12.9	23.2	20.0	31.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Percentages do not include “Unknown” data. Also see Appendix Tables C-28 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Education), C-33 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions by Source of Commission), C-34 (Selected Reserve Officers by Source of Commission), and E-37 (Coast Guard Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Education), and E-40 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Source of Commission).

Educational Attainment. Both Coast Guard Reserve officer accessions and officer corps members were less likely than their DoD comparison groups to be college graduates (Table 8.16). As was mentioned for the Active Component, USCG has specialized programs that offer commissions to enlisted members who are traditionally less likely to have college credentials.

Representation Within Occupation. USCG Reserve officer corps females were almost equally represented with their male counterparts in tactical operations (Table 8.17). But, similar to the Active Component Coast Guard, women in the USCG Reserve were underrepresented in engineering and maintenance and overrepresented in non-occupational areas. Minority USCG Reserve officers were underrepresented in tactical operations and overrepresented in the non-occupational area.

Table 8.17. Occupational Areas of FY 1999 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Personnel by Race/Ethnicity and Gender (Percent)
Occupational Area	Coast Guard							DoD Total
Occupational Area	Male	Female	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	USCG Total	DoD Total
General Officers and Executives	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Tactical Operations	24.0	26.6	25.8	14.6	15.4	3.5	24.4	33.9
Intelligence	3.4	2.6	3.1	2.4	7.7	3.5	3.3	5.4
Engineering and Maintenance	28.0	19.5	27.0	31.7	18.0	24.1	26.8	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	1.1	0.7	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	6.4
Health Care	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	21.1
Administration	3.7	5.2	4.1	2.4	0.0	3.5	3.9	7.7
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	5.1	2.0	4.9	0.0	5.1	3.5	4.6	10.7
Non-Occupational	33.8	42.9	33.0	46.3	53.9	62.1	35.1	4.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-30 (Selected Reserve Officers by Occupational Area and Component) and E-39 (Coast Guard Reserve Officers by Occupational Area, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity).

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