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Representation Within Occupations. The
distribution of officers across occupational areas is shown in Table 6.7 for both Active and Reserve Components. The largest proportions of Reserve Component officers (56 percent) and Active Component officers (57
percent) are assigned to tactical operations and health care positions. However, due to assigned missions, the Reserve Component has a smaller proportion than the Active Component in tactical operations (34 and 39
percent, respectively), but a greater proportion of officers in health care (22 and 19 percent, respectively).
| Table 6.7. FY 1998 Occupational Areas of Active and Selected
Reserve Officer Corps (Percent) |
| Occupational Area |
Active Component |
Reserve Component |
| General Officers and Executives * |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Tactical Operations |
38.4 |
33.9 |
| Intelligence |
5.0 |
5.1 |
| Engineering and Maintenance |
11.7 |
10.1 |
| Scientists and Professionals |
4.9 |
6.4 |
| Health Care |
18.9 |
21.3 |
| Administration |
6.0 |
7.7 |
| Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations |
8.7 |
10.5 |
| Non-Occupational** |
6.0 |
4.6 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
*
Reserve Component calculations do not include 770 O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services (1 - ARNG, 1 - USAR, 305 - USMCR, 314 - ANG, and 149 - USAFR).
** Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
Also see Appendix Tables B-37 (Occupational Area by Service and Gender) and C-31 (Occupational Area by Component). |
Differences in occupational assignment among the Reserve Component are shown in
Table 6.8. With the exception of the USAR and the USAFR, the largest proportion of officers in each component is in tactical operations. The ARNG and USMCR
have the greatest proportions of officers in tactical operations (48 and 57 percent, respectively). The USAR and USAFR have the smallest proportions of officers in
tactical operations (20 and 27 percent, respectively).
| Table 6.8. Comparison of FY 1998 Occupational Area Distribution of Officers, by
Active and Reserve Component (Percent) |
| Active and Reserve Components |
Occupational Area* |
| 0** |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
ARMY
Active Component
Army National Guard
Army Reserve |
0.5
0.6
0.3 |
39.6
46.9
19.9 |
6.3
2.5
4.5 |
10.3
7.9
9.1 |
4.3
3.6
9.3 |
21.2
10.7
29.9 |
5.9
6.3
9.4 |
10.5
10.2
14.1 |
1.4
11.3
3.6 |
NAVY
Active Component
Naval Reserve |
0.4
0.3 |
38.8
38.3 |
4.0
10.7 |
9.8
10.5 |
3.9
3.8 |
21.1
22.7 |
5.0
6.0 |
5.4
7.1 |
11.7
0.8 |
MARINE CORPS
Active Component
USMC Reserve |
0.5
0.3 |
51.9
57.1 |
4.4
5.3 |
8.3
7.6 |
2.7
5.7 |
0.0
0.0 |
5.7
6.6 |
12.7
15.5 |
13.8
2.0 |
AIR FORCE
Active Component
Air National Guard
USAF Reserve |
0.4
1.1
0.5 |
34.2
40.5
28.1 |
4.7
2.6
7.4 |
15.1
16.2
12.4 |
6.6
4.5
9.1 |
19.2
15.9
27.5 |
6.8
10.0
6.1 |
8.6
6.8
8.3 |
4.5
2.6
0.6 |
Rows may not add to total due to rounding.
* Occupational Area Codes: 0=General Officers, 1=Tactical
Operations, 2=Intelligence, 3=Engineering and Maintenance, 4=Scientists and Professionals, 5=Health Care, 6=Administration, 7=Supply, Procurement, and Allied, 8=Non-occupational.
** Reserve Component
calculations do not include 770 O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services (1 - ARNG, 1 - USAR, 305 - USMCR, 314 - ANG, and 149 - USAFR).
Also see Appendix Tables B-37 (Occupational Area by Service and Gender) and
C-30 (Occupational Area by Component).
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Many Selected Reserve officers are health care professionals. The USAR and
USAFR have the greatest proportion of officers in health care occupations (30 and 28 percent, respectively). Health care comprises the second largest percentage of
officers in the ARNG and USNR (11 and 23 percent, respectively). Relatively few Reserve officers are in intelligence, science and professional, and administrative occupations.Representation of women within occupations. The occupational assignments by gender of Selected Reserve officers are shown in Table 6.9. More than half (53
percent) of all female officers are assigned to health care positions and 13 percent to administration positions. As indicated in Appendix Table C-31, the assignment of
women into officer occupational areas differs by component. Across components, female officers serving in health care positions range from 32 percent in the ARNG to
58 percent in the USAR and 59 percent in the USNR. Two percent of USAR female officers hold tactical operations positions compared to 9 percent in the ANG.
As in the Selected Reserve enlisted force, reasons for this distribution include the differing missions of each component; the occupational preferences of female officers;
the number of Active Component female officers possessing such skills who join a Selected Reserve unit after separation from active duty; the proportion of technical
skill unit vacancies; and direct ground combat exclusion policies.
| Table 6.9. FY 1998 Occupational Areas of Selected Reserve Officer Corps, by
Gender (Percent) |
| Occupational Area |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| General Officers and Executives* |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
| Tactical Operations |
40.5 |
4.1 |
33.9 |
| Intelligence |
5.1 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
| Engineering and Maintenance |
10.8 |
7.2 |
10.1 |
| Scientists and Professionals |
7.0 |
3.4 |
6.4 |
| Health Care |
14.3 |
52.9 |
21.3 |
| Administration |
6.4 |
13.3 |
7.7 |
| Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations |
10.6 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
| Non-Occupational*** |
4.8 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
| Total
|
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Calculations do not include 752 male and 18 female O-6
officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services.
** Less than one-tenth of one percent.
***
Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
Also see Appendix Table C-31 (Occupational Area by Component and Gender). |
Representation of minorities within occupations. An overview of the distribution of
Selected Reserve officers by race/ethnicity is provided in Table 6.10. More than half of Whites, Hispanics, and "Others" serve in either tactical operations or health care
occupations. The largest proportions of White and Hispanic officers are in tactical operations (36 and 30 percent, respectively); the largest percentages of Black and
"Other" racial category officers are in health care occupations (26 and 29 percent, respectively).As detailed in Appendix Table C-32, there are race/ethnicity differences among the
Reserve Components by occupational areas. For example, 42 percent of White officers in the ANG have occupations in tactical operations, while only 20 percent of
Black officers do. Other occupational areas such as health care attract members of different race/ethnic groups more uniformly. For example, in the USAFR, 42 percent
of Blacks, 39 percent of "Other" racial categories, and 32 percent of Hispanics serve in health care, compared to 26 percent of Whites.
| Table 6.10. FY 1998 Occupational Areas of Selected Reserve Officer Corps,
by Race/Ethnicity (Percent) |
| Occupational Area |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Other |
Total |
| General Officers and Executives* |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| Tactical Operations |
36.0 |
18.3 |
29.5 |
27.3 |
33.9 |
| Intelligence |
5.4 |
2.5 |
4.0 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
| Engineering and Maintenance |
9.9 |
11.7 |
11.3 |
11.0 |
10.1 |
| Scientists and Professionals |
6.7 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
6.4 |
| Health Care |
20.3 |
26.4 |
22.3 |
29.4 |
21.3 |
| Administration |
7.0 |
13.2 |
9.2 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
| Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations |
9.8 |
17.7 |
12.9 |
8.8 |
10.5 |
| Non-Occupational** |
4.4 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
4.6 |
| Total
|
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Calculations do not include 745 White, 7 Black, 6 Hispanic,
and 12 Other O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services.
** Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned duties, and unknowns.
Also see Appendix Table C-32
(Occupational Areas by Component and Race/Ethnicity). |
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