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Race/Ethnicity
The racial/ethnic
composition of deployed enlisted personnel, shown in Table 8.3, indicated
only small differences between deployed personnel and the Total Force.
Among enlisted personnel, the racial/ethnic mix of deployed personnel
duplicated that of all enlisted personnel. This distribution varied little
among the three locations. For officers, there was a small, but consistent
overrepresentation of Whites among deployed officers, and a corresponding
underrepresentation of minority officers. Nearly 84 percent of deployed
officers were White, as were active duty officers. Among minority officers,
the greatest degree of underrepresentation occurred for Blacks (6 percent
versus 8 percent). As is the case for gender, representation of racial/ethnic
groups among deployed members was closely related to the occupations that
were deployed, as discussed in the following section.
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Table
8.3. Race/Ethnicity of FY 2000 Deployed Active Component Enlisted
Personnel
and Commissioned Officers by Location Compared to Total Force
(Percent)
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Race/Ethnicity
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Deployed
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Total
Force
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Kosovo
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Bosnia
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Persian
Gulf
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All
Locations
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ENLISTED
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White
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64.5
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61.4
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64.7
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63.9
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62.5
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Black
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21.6
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23.6
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18.9
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21.0
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22.4
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Hispanic
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7.9
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8.3
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9.7
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8.7
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9.0
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Other
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6.1
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6.8
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6.6
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6.5
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6.0
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Total
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
|
100.0
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100.0
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OFFICERS
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White
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82.6
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82.5
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85.7
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83.6
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83.8
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Black
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5.8
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6.4
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6.4
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6.2
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8.1
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Hispanic
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3.7
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4.3
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3.4
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3.7
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3.9
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Other
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7.9
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6.9
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4.5
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6.6
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4.3
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Total
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
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Columns
may not add to total due to rounding.
Also see Appendix Tables B-25
(Active Enlisted by Race/Ethnicity, Service and Gender), B-34
(Active Officers by Race/Ethnicity and Service), F-1
(Deployed Active Enlisted by Location, Race/Ethnicity, Service,
and Gender), and F-6 (Deployed
Active Officers by Location, Race/Ethnicity, Service, and Gender).
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