Race/Ethnicity Table 6.2 shows the FY 2002 Selected Reserve officer accessions and officer corps by race/ethnicity. The proportions of Black and Hispanic officer accessions in the Selected Reserve (10 and 4 percent, respectively) are almost the same as the proportions in the Active Components (9 and 5 percent, respectively). In FY 2002, the Selected Reserve accessed the same proportion of new officers of “Other” race/ethnicity as the Active Components (7 percent).
The Army components of the Selected Reserve have the highest proportions of Black (ARNG – 8 percent, USAR – 16 percent) and Hispanic (ARNG and USAR 5 percent, each) officers. The USNR has the lowest percentage of Blacks (4 percent); the USNR and USAFR both have less than 3 percent Hispanic officers – the lowest of the Reserve Components. In the remaining components, the proportion of Black officers is approximately 4 to 6 percent and the proportion of Hispanic officers is slightly above 3 percent. The Reserve Components maintained an equal percentage of officers of the “Other” race/ethnicity group as the Active Components (5 percent). |
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