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Characteristics of Active Component Officers

The USCG uses a variety of officer commissioning programs. These include programs for civilians and active USCG enlisted members and warrant officers to become commissioned officers. In FY 2002, the USCG commissioned a total of 559 new officers, up from 503 in FY 2001. The USCG commissioned officer corps stood at 5,803 at the end of FY 2002, up from FY 2001 when the end-strength stood at 5,594.[Footnote 8]

Source of Commission

In Table 7.6, the distribution of new USCG officers (accessions) and current officers (corps) by source of commission is presented with applicable overall DoD figures for comparison. The USCG relies heavily on the U. S. Coast Guard Academy for its officer accessions. The USCG gets over half (56 percent) of its new officers from its Academy and Officer Candidate School as compared to 45 percent for DoD officer accessions. This difference can be explained almost entirely by the fact that the USCG does not have an ROTC program. The fact that an even greater proportion of the USCG officer corps compared to USCG officer accessions were academy graduates is an indication that the retention rate for graduates is higher than for the other sources of officers.

Table 7.6. FY 2002 USCG and DoD Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission (Percent)
 
Officer Accessions
Officer Corps
Source of Commission
Guard
DoD
Coast Guard
DoD
Academy
27.4
15.1
46.3
17.7
ROTC - Scholarship
0.0
15.6
0.0
24.2
ROTC - No Scholarship
0.0
17.0
0.0
15.0
OCS/OTS
23.8
29.5
32.6
21.4
Direct Appointment
10.0
11.2
5.2
13.9
Other
38.8
11.5
15.9
7.8
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
Percentages do not include "Unknown" data.
Also see Appendix Tables B-40 (Active Component Officer Corps by Source of Commission, Service, and Gender), B-41 (Active Component Officer Corps by Source of Commission), and E-20 (Coast Guard Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity).


[Footnote 8]  Commissioned officer information provided by U.S. Coast Guard Workforce Forecasting & Analysis Staff [back to paragraph]

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