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 1998 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission and Educational Attainment (Percent)
Source of Commission	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Academy	0.7	8.9	0.3	5.0
ROTC – Scholarship	0.0	11.9	0.0	9.6
ROTC – No Scholarship	0.0	16.0	0.0	23.2
OCS/OTS	40.3	16.6	19.4	13.3
ANG AMS/ARNG OCS	0.0	7.2	0.0	16.4
Direct Appointment	0.0	27.2	0.0	29.9
Other	59.0	12.3	80.4	2.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Education Level
Less than College Graduate	18.8	14.4	19.3	10.0
College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.)	66.0	61.5	58.7	58.3
Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.)	15.3	24.1	22.0	31.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. 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).

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