Table E-18.  Coast Guard Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY16: by Source of Commission, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Officer Gains                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment2   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 15 65.2 0 ----- 0 ----- 170 72.3 185 71.7
Females 0 -----   0 -----   0 -----   8 34.8   0 -----   0 -----   65 27.7   73 28.3
TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 235 100 258 100
   Percent Females ----- ----- ----- 34.8 ----- ----- 27.7 28.3
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 17 73.9 0 ----- 0 ----- 172 73.2 189 73.3
Black 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 13 5.5 13 5.0
AIAN3 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 5 2.1 5 1.9
Asian 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 13 5.5 13 5.0
NHPI4 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 0.43 1 0.39
Two or more 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 3 13.0 0 ----- 0 ----- 14 6.0 17 6.6
Unknown 0 -----   0 -----   0 -----   3 13.0   0 -----   0 -----   17 7.2   20 7.8
TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 235 100 258 100
Hispanic 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 2 8.7 0 ----- 0 ----- 29 12.3 31 12.0
Not Hispanic5 0 -----   0 -----   0 -----   21 91.3   0 -----   0 -----   206 87.7   227 88.0
  TOTAL 0 ----- 0 ----- 0 ----- 23 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 235 100 258 100
Officer Corps                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION1
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment2   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 1,003 72.2 0 ----- 0 ----- 617 74.5 9 100 47 92.2 3,434 80.8 5,110 78.3
Females 386 27.8   0 -----   0 -----   211 25.5   0 0   4 7.8   816 19.2   1,417 21.7
TOTAL 1,389 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 828 100 9 100 51 100 4,250 100 6,527 100
   Percent Females 27.8 ----- ----- 25.5 0 7.8 19.2 21.7
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 1,146 82.5 0 ----- 0 ----- 533 64.4 8 88.9 40 78.4 3,327 78.3 5,054 77.4
Black 22 1.6 0 ----- 0 ----- 80 9.7 0 0 4 7.8 174 4.1 280 4.3
AIAN3 5 0.36 0 ----- 0 ----- 17 2.1 0 0 3 5.9 42 0.99 67 1.0
Asian 29 2.1 0 ----- 0 ----- 21 2.5 0 0 0 0 56 1.3 106 1.6
NHPI4 2 0.14 0 ----- 0 ----- 7 0.85 0 0 0 0 7 0.16 16 0.25
Two or more 62 4.5 0 ----- 0 ----- 60 7.2 0 0 2 3.9 223 5.2 347 5.3
Unknown 123 8.9   0 -----   0 -----   110 13.3   1 11.1   2 3.9   421 9.9   657 10.1
TOTAL 1,389 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 828 100 9 100 51 100 4,250 100 6,527 100
Hispanic 91 6.6 0 ----- 0 ----- 132 15.9 0 0 6 11.8 323 7.6 552 8.5
Not Hispanic 981 70.6 0 ----- 0 ----- 529 63.9 8 88.9 42 82.4 3,367 79.2 4,927 75.5
Unknown 317 22.8   0 -----   0 -----   167 20.2   1 11.1   3 5.9   560 13.2   1,048 16.1
TOTAL 1,389 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 828 100 9 100 51 100 4,250 100 6,527 100
     
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. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
OCS - Officer Candidate School
OTS - Officer Training School
2. Although the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has a direct commissioning program, USCG data provided to Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) do not allow calculation of direct appointment by gender and race/ethnicity.
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
5. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).