Population Representation 2004

U.S. COAST GUARD

Characteristics of Reserve Component Officers

In FY 2004, the USCG Reserve accessed a total of 235 new officers and the overall Reserve officer corps end-strength stood at 1,028. Accessions were stable, and the corps was up slightly from FY 2003 (240 accessions and 996 end-strength). Just as with enlisted accessions, USCG Reserve officer accessions were more likely to be White than their peers in the DoD Reserve Components. Likewise, members of the overall USCG Reserve officer corps, were more likely to be White than were their DoD Reserve counterparts, as shown in Table 7.17. Black officer accessions were represented at a noticeably lower rate compared to the DoD reserve officer accessions, but Hispanic officer accession were higher compared to DOD. Women, however, were found at slightly higher percentage compared to DoD accessions—23 compared to 19 percent. The distribution of women and Hispanics in the USCG Reserve officer corps was very similar to DoD Reserve officers. There appears to be a slight under-representation of other racial groups. However, the fact that nearly 9 percent of all officer accessions and 5 percent of the officer corps are uncategorized means it is difficult to make definitive conclusions about the over- or under-representation of these groups.

Table 7.17. Race, Ethnicity and Gender of FY 2004 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps (Percent)
Race, Ethnicity and Gender	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
Race, Ethnicity and Gender	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
White	85.1	78.8	87.1	82.8
Black	5.5	9.4	4.1	9.5
American Indian & Native Alaskan	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.4
Asian	0.0	2.6	0.0	2.0
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2
Two or more	0.9	1.2	3.6	0.3
Unknown	8.5	7.5	4.6	4.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	7.2	4.9	4.3	4.4
Not Hispanic	92.8	95.1	95.7	95.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Male	77.0	80.9	82.5	81.3
Female	23.0	19.1	17.5	18.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-25 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Gender), C-27 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Race/Ethnicity), and E-29 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Race/Ethnicity and Gender).

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