Table B-30.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains, FY16: by Source of Commission, Service, and Gender
Number
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1  
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
GENDER Academy Scholarship Scholarship OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 813 1,630 858 431 564 46 2 4,344
   Females 158 447 207 107 293 27 0 1,239
   Total 971 2,077 1,065 538 857 73 2 5,583
   Percent Females 16.27 21.52 19.44 19.89 34.19 36.99 0 22.19
NAVY                
    Males 587 546 77 895 472 0 464 3,041
    Females 210 216 16 157 307 0 91 997
    Total 797 762 93 1,052 779 0 555 4,038
   Percent Females 26.35 28.35 17.20 14.92 39.41 ----- 16.40 24.69
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 217 43 0 427 68 0 707 1,462
    Females 46 2 0 41 5 0 65 159
    Total 263 45 0 468 73 0 772 1,621
   Percent Females 17.49 4.44 ----- 8.76 6.85 ----- 8.42 9.81
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 618 11 979 975 328 3 133 3,047
    Females 191 8 324 231 306 3 78 1,141
    Total 809 19 1,303 1,206 634 6 211 4,188
   Percent Females 23.61 42.11 24.87 19.15 48.26 50.00 36.97 27.24
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 2,235 2,230 1,914 2,728 1,432 49 1,306 11,894
    Females 605 673 547 536 911 30 234 3,536
    Total 2,840 2,903 2,461 3,264 2,343 79 1,540 15,430
   Percent Females 21.30 23.18 22.23 16.42 38.88 37.97 15.19 22.92
Percent
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1  
Service  ROTC ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct
GENDER Academy Scholarship Scholarship OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 18.72 37.52 19.75 9.92 12.98 1.06 0.05 100
   Females 12.75 36.08 16.71 8.64 23.65 2.18 0 100
   Total 17.39 37.20 19.08 9.64 15.35 1.31 0.04 100
NAVY                
    Males 19.30 17.95 2.53 29.43 15.52 0 15.26 100
    Females 21.06 21.66 1.60 15.75 30.79 0 9.13 100
    Total 19.74 18.87 2.30 26.05 19.29 0 13.74 100
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 14.84 2.94 0 29.21 4.65 0 48.36 100
    Females 28.93 1.26 0 25.79 3.14 0 40.88 100
    Total 16.22 2.78 0 28.87 4.50 0 47.62 100
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 20.28 0.36 32.13 32.00 10.76 0.10 4.36 100
    Females 16.74 0.70 28.40 20.25 26.82 0.26 6.84 100
    Total 19.32 0.45 31.11 28.80 15.14 0.14 5.04 100
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 18.79 18.75 16.09 22.94 12.04 0.41 10.98 100
    Females 17.11 19.03 15.47 15.16 25.76 0.85 6.62 100
    Total 18.41 18.81 15.95 21.15 15.18 0.51 9.98 100
   
  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 reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
  1. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
      OCS - Officer Candidate School
      OTS - Officer Training School
  2. Includes Officer Candidates School (OCS), Aviation OCS, Officer Training School (OTS), or Platoon Leaders Course (PLC).
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).