CHAPTER 6-Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps

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 (55 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 38 percent, respectively), but a greater proportion of officers in health care (21 and 19 percent, respectively).

Table 6.7. FY 1999 Occupational Areas of Active and Selected Reserve Officer Corps (Percent)
Occupational Area	Active Component	Reserve Component
General Officers and Executives *	0.4	0.4
Tactical Operations	37.8	33.9
Intelligence	5.1	5.4
Engineering and Maintenance	11.7	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	4.9	6.4
Health Care	18.7	21.1
Administration	7.0	7.7
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	8.6	10.7
Non-Occupational**	5.7	4.2
Total	100.0	100.0
^* Reserve Component calculations do not include 664 O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services (2 - ARNG, 194 - USMCR, 297 - ANG, and 171 - 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, 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 (47 and 58 percent, respectively). The USAR and USAFR have the smallest proportions of officers in tactical operations (20 and 30 percent, respectively).

Many Selected Reserve officers are health care professionals. The USAR and USAFR have the greatest proportion of officers in health care occupations (30 and 27 percent, respectively). Health care comprises the second largest percentage of officers in the ARNG, ANG and USNR (11, 16 and 22 percent, respectively). Relatively few Reserve officers are in intelligence, science and professional, and administrative occupations.

Table 6.8. Comparison of FY 1999 Occupational Area Distribution of Officers,
by Active and Reserve Component (Percent)

Active and Reserve

Occupational Area*

Components

0**

ARMY

Active Component
Army National Guard
Army Reserve

0.5

0.3

38.6

46.8

20.3

6.4

2.5

4.9

10.6

8.1

9.5

4.6

3.7

9.1

21.1

10.7

29.8

6.0

6.3

9.4

10.3

10.4

14.3

1.9

11.1

2.5

NAVY

Active Component

Naval Reserve

0.4

0.3

38.1

38.7

3.9

11.2

10.0

10.4

3.8

3.9

21.4

21.5

8.8

6.1

5.0

7.0

8.5

1.1

MARINE CORPS

Active Component

USMC Reserve

0.5

0.3

51.4

57.8

4.4

5.6

7.7

7.5

2.7

6.0

0.0

5.9

6.0

12.6

15.3

14.9

1.7

AIR FORCE

Active Component

Air National Guard

USAF Reserve

0.4

1.1

0.5

33.7

40.1

29.7

4.9

2.7

7.3

14.8

15.7

12.3

6.6

4.6

8.9

18.7

15.9

26.6

7.0

10.3

6.1

8.8

6.8

8.0

5.1

2.9

0.7

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 664 O-6 officers classified as general or executive officers by the Services (2 - ARNG,194 - USMCR, 297 - ANG, and 171 - USAFR).
Also see Appendix Tables B-37 (Occupational Area by Service and Gender) and C-30 (Occupational Area by Component).

Representation of women within occupations. The occupational assignments by gender of Selected Reserve officers are shown in Table 6.9. More than half (52 percent) of all female officers are assigned to health care positions, 13 percent to administration positions, and 11 percent to supply, procurement and allied occupations. 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 31 percent in the ARNG to 57 percent in both the USAR and the USNR. Two percent of USAR female officers hold tactical operations positions compared to 10 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.

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 31 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 25 percent of Whites.


Occupational Area	Male	Female	Total
General Officers and Executives*	0.5	0.1	0.4
Tactical Operations	40.6	4.3	33.9
Intelligence	5.4	5.5	5.4
Engineering and Maintenance	10.9	7.4	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	7.0	3.7	6.4
Health Care	14.3	51.5	21.1
Administration	6.4	13.4	7.7
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	10.6	10.9	10.7
Non-Occupational**	4.4	3.2	4.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Calculations do not include 653 male and 11 female 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-31 (Occupational Area by Component and Gender).


Occupational Area	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Total
General Officers and Executives*	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4
Tactical Operations	36.2	18.4	29.4	25.7	33.9
Intelligence	5.7	2.5	4.5	5.5	5.4
Engineering and Maintenance	10.0	12.1	11.1	10.2	10.2
Scientists and Professionals	6.7	4.6	4.7	4.9	6.4
Health Care	20.0	26.1	22.4	31.1	21.1
Administration	7.1	13.2	9.1	7.3	7.7
Supply, Procurement, and Allied Occupations	9.8	18.2	13.1	9.1	10.7
Non-Occupational**	4.0	4.7	5.6	6.0	4.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Calculations do not include 638 White, 9 Black, 7 Hispanic, and 10 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).