Table B-23.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY15: by Service and Gender with Civilian Comparison Groups

  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-39 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Gains 1
Males 4,430 78.4 3,085 77.0 1,438 90.8 3,167 73.3 12,120 77.9 11,657,809 44.7
Females 1,221 21.6 922 23.0 146 9.2 1,151 26.7 3,440 22.1 14,426,644 55.3
TOTAL 5,651 100   4,007 100   1,584 100   4,318 100   15,560 100   26,084,453 100
  SERVICE         CIVILIAN, 21-49 YRS
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD COLLEGE GRADUATES
GENDER #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #      %      #        %      
Officer Corps 2
Males 65,314 81.8 43,249 82.3 17,243 92.8 48,637 79.7 174,443 82.3 23,297,017 49.0
Females 14,564 18.2 9,308 17.7 1,336 7.2 12,367 20.3 37,575 17.7 24,229,675 51.0
TOTAL 79,878 100   52,557 100   18,579 100   61,004 100   212,018 100   47,526,692 100
     
  Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of 
      the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in 
      the previous file.
  1. Civilian comparison group includes 21-39 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2014-September 2015 average.
  2. Civilian comparison group includes college graduates in the civilian labor force (21-49 years old), September 2015.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).