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Occupational
Representation
As was
the case for Active Component personnel, the occupational distribution
of deployed Reservists helps to explain gender and racial/ethnic differences.
The occupational representation, by gender and race/ethnicity, for deployed
Reserve Component enlisted personnel is provided in Table 8.10. This table
shows that the primary roles filled by Reserve Component personnel were
associated with electrical/mechanical equipment repair, which constituted
29 percent of deployed personnel (compared to 16 percent of the total
force). Electronic equipment repairers and communication and intelligence
specialists also were slightly overrepresented in the deployed population.
On the other hand, infantry, gun crews, and seamanship specialists and
service and supply handlers were underrepresented among deployed enlisted
personnel.
Table
8.10. Occupational Representation of FY 2000 Deployed Reserve
Component
Enlisted Members Compared to the Total Force (Percent)
|
|
Occupational
Area
|
Male
|
Female
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
Other
|
|
DEPLOYED
PERSONNEL
|
|
Infantry,
Gun Crews, and Seamanship Specialists
|
14.5
|
4.3
|
14.0
|
8.7
|
13.9
|
12.1
|
|
Electronic
Equipment Repairers
|
10.3
|
6.0
|
10.7
|
7.9
|
4.0
|
8.1
|
|
Communications
and Intelligence Specialists
|
8.7
|
11.4
|
9.1
|
9.6
|
6.4
|
10.1
|
|
Medical and
Dental Specialists
|
2.4
|
5.1
|
2.1
|
3.8
|
6.4
|
4.7
|
|
Other Allied
Specialists
|
1.4
|
2.2
|
1.5
|
1.1
|
2.0
|
0.7
|
|
Functional
Support and Administration
|
13.5
|
51.6
|
16.0
|
28.4
|
22.3
|
22.8
|
|
Electrical/Mechanical
Equipment Repairers
|
32.8
|
7.0
|
31.1
|
23.0
|
27.7
|
24.2
|
|
Craftsmen
|
6.5
|
1.4
|
6.2
|
2.7
|
5.0
|
8.7
|
|
Service and
Supply Handlers
|
7.3
|
8.4
|
6.7
|
10.1
|
10.9
|
6.7
|
|
Non-Occupational*
|
2.8
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
4.6
|
1.5
|
2.0
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
|
TOTAL
FORCE
|
|
Infantry,
Gun Crews, and Seamanship Specialists
|
20.5
|
4.4
|
18.9
|
13.1
|
19.4
|
18.0
|
|
Electronic
Equipment Repairers
|
5.0
|
2.7
|
5.0
|
3.6
|
3.7
|
4.5
|
|
Communications
and Intelligence Specialists
|
4.9
|
3.3
|
5.1
|
3.1
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
|
Medical and
Dental Specialists
|
5.1
|
15.3
|
6.2
|
8.4
|
7.4
|
8.3
|
|
Other Allied
Specialists
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
|
Functional
Support and Administration
|
14.3
|
39.6
|
16.1
|
27.1
|
18.8
|
20.0
|
|
Electrical/Mechanical
Equipment Repairers
|
18.1
|
5.5
|
17.3
|
11.8
|
15.5
|
14.7
|
|
Craftsmen
|
6.4
|
2.3
|
6.2
|
4.2
|
5.0
|
5.2
|
|
Service and
Supply Handlers
|
10.8
|
9.7
|
9.7
|
14.2
|
11.6
|
8.7
|
|
Non-Occupational*
|
12.1
|
14.7
|
12.6
|
12.1
|
12.1
|
14.1
|
|
Total
|
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-21
(Reserve Enlisted by Occupation, Component, and Gender),
C-22 (Reserve Enlisted by Occupation, Component, and Race/Ethnicity),
F-13 (Deployed Reserve Enlisted
by Occupation, Component, and Gender), and F-14
(Deployed Reserve Enlisted by Occupation, Component, and Race/Ethnicity).
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All
three of the occupational areas in which Reserve Component enlisted personnel
were most likely to deploy were predominantly male. For example, within
the total force, electrical/mechanical equipment repairers included 18
percent of males, but only 6 percent of females. Somewhat smaller differences
occurred among electronic equipment repairers and communications and intelligence
specialists. These same occupational areas were also more common among
Whites than among minorities. Thus, occupational differences help explain
both gender and racial/ethnic differences in representation among deployed
Reserve Component enlisted personnel.
Table
8.11 shows the occupational representation by gender and race/ethnicity
for deployed Reserve Component officers. The two primary occupational
areas represented among deployed officers were tactical operations (52
percent) and intelligence (14 percent). On the other hand, health care
represented only 4 percent of deployed Reserve officers, although it represented
21 percent of all officers.
Table
8.11. Occupational Representation of FY 2000 Deployed Reserve
Component Officers
Compared to the Total Force (Percent)
|
|
Occupational
Area
|
Male
|
Female
|
White
|
Black
|
Hispanic
|
Other
|
|
DEPLOYED
PERSONNEL
|
|
General
Officers and Executives
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Tactical
Operations
|
55.5
|
12.0
|
55.7
|
21.1
|
57.1
|
28.3
|
|
Intelligence
|
13.2
|
28.0
|
14.9
|
15.8
|
0.0
|
10.0
|
|
Engineering
and Maintenance
|
6.5
|
6.0
|
5.6
|
26.3
|
28.6
|
5.0
|
|
Scientists
and Professionals
|
4.3
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
6.7
|
|
Health
Care
|
3.3
|
8.0
|
3.7
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
5.0
|
|
Administration
|
5.3
|
26.0
|
5.6
|
26.3
|
0.0
|
13.3
|
|
Supply,
Procurement, and Allied Occupations
|
7.6
|
10.0
|
7.7
|
0.0
|
14.3
|
10.0
|
|
Non-Occupational*
|
4.3
|
8.0
|
2.6
|
10.5
|
0.0
|
21.7
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
|
TOTAL
FORCE
|
|
General
Officers and Executives
|
0.6
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
|
Tactical
Operations
|
40.5
|
4.5
|
36.3
|
18.4
|
28.2
|
24.5
|
|
Intelligence
|
5.3
|
5.6
|
5.7
|
2.6
|
4.8
|
5.2
|
|
Engineering
and Maintenance
|
10.5
|
7.3
|
9.7
|
11.5
|
10.6
|
9.9
|
|
Scientists
and Professionals
|
7.1
|
3.9
|
6.9
|
4.8
|
4.5
|
4.8
|
|
Health
Care
|
14.4
|
50.7
|
20.0
|
26.6
|
22.3
|
30.5
|
|
Administration
|
6.3
|
13.3
|
6.9
|
13.2
|
9.1
|
6.8
|
|
Supply,
Procurement, and Allied Occupations
|
10.5
|
10.6
|
9.7
|
17.5
|
13.3
|
8.8
|
|
Non-Occupational*
|
4.9
|
4.1
|
4.3
|
5.3
|
7.0
|
9.4
|
|
Total
|
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-31
(Reserve Officers by Occupation, Component and Gender), C-32
(Reserve Officers by Occupation, Component, and Race/Ethnicity),
F-18 (Deployed Reserve Officers
by Occupation, Service, and Gender), and F-19
(Deployed Reserve Officers by Occupation, Service, and Race/Ethnicity).
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These
differences account for the differences in gender and racial/ethnic representation
described previously. Over 40 percent of male Reserve Component officers
had occupations related to tactical operations, while only 5 percent of
female officers did. Comparable percentages for health care were 14 percent
for males and 51 percent for females. Because the overrepresented occupations
were predominantly male, while the underrepresented occupations were predominantly
female, differences in occupational representation led to differences
in gender representation. Similar differences between the proportion of
Whites and Blacks in these occupational areas could have played a role
in the differences in racial/ethnic representation that occurred among
deployed Reserve Component officers.
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