Population Representation 2004

U.S. COAST GUARD

Source of Commission. Table 7.18 presents source of commission for Reserve officer accessions and Reserve officers in the Coast Guard and overall DoD Reserve Components. The most often cited source of commission for new USCG Reserve officer accessions was OCS/OTS. Direct appointment is noted as the main source of commissioning for the USCG Reserve officer corps.

Table 7.18. FY 2004 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission (Percent)
Source of Commission	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
Source of Commission	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Academy	2.1	6.6	6.3	5.5
ROTC - Scholarship	0.0	12.9	0.0	11.8
ROTC - No Scholarship	0.0	17.5	0.0	20.4
OCS/OTS	44.7	13.9	22.0	10.7
ANG AMS/ARNG OCS	0.0	13.8	0.0	17.1
Direct Appointment	14.5	20.7	65.6	29.2
Other	0.9	6.3	0.0	2.7
Unknown	37.9	8.2	6.1	2.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-33 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions by Source of Commission), C-34 (Selected Reserve Officers by Source of Commission), and E-30 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Source of Commission).

Most of the remainder of new officer accessions or officer corps members were commissioned via the Coast Guard Academy. "Other" sources, such as officers trained in one military Service, but accessed or serving in another Service, accounts for a small percentage (nearly 1 percent) of USCG Reserve officer accessions. The Coast Guard Reserve does not have an ROTC program.

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