Table E-18.  Coast Guard Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Source of Commission, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Officer Gains1                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION2
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment3   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 2 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 65 68.4 21 75.0 4 80.0 94 75.8 186 73.2
Females 0 0   0 -----   0 -----   30 31.6   7 25.0   1 20.0   30 24.2   68 26.8
TOTAL 2 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 95 100 28 100 5 100 124 100 254 100
   Percent Females 0 ----- ----- 31.6 25.0 20.0 24.2 26.8
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 70 73.7 26 92.9 4 80.0 96 77.4 196 77.2
Black 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 8 8.4 1 3.6 0 0 10 8.1 19 7.5
AIAN4 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0.81 2 0.79
Asian 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.1 1 3.6 0 0 4 3.2 6 2.4
NHPI5 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.39
Two or more 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 3.2 6 2.4
Unknown 2 100   0 -----   0 -----   12 12.6   0 0   1 20.0   9 7.3   24 9.4
TOTAL 2 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 95 100 28 100 5 100 124 100 254 100
Hispanic 0 0 0 ----- 0 ----- 14 14.7 3 10.7 1 20.0 15 12.1 33 13.0
Not Hispanic6 2 100   0 -----   0 -----   81 85.3   25 89.3   4 80.0   109 87.9   221 87.0
  TOTAL 2 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 95 100 28 100 5 100 124 100 254 100
Officer Corps7                                              
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION2
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
Academy   Scholarship   Scholarship   OCS/OTS   Appointment3   Other   Unknown   TOTAL
GENDER #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %     
Males 2,530 75.4 0 ----- 0 ----- 905 73.5 52 77.6 651 81.9 939 85.8 5,077 77.6
Females 827 24.6   0 -----   0 -----   327 26.5   15 22.4   144 18.1   155 14.2   1,468 22.4
TOTAL 3,357 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,232 100 67 100 795 100 1,094 100 6,545 100
   Percent Females 24.6 ----- ----- 26.5 22.4 18.1 14.2 22.4
RACE/ETHNICITY                                            
White 2,749 81.9 0 ----- 0 ----- 837 67.9 60 89.6 608 76.5 805 73.6 5,059 77.3
Black 69 2.1 0 ----- 0 ----- 130 10.6 3 4.5 30 3.8 54 4.9 286 4.4
AIAN4 19 0.57 0 ----- 0 ----- 13 1.1 0 0 6 0.75 30 2.7 68 1.04
Asian 66 2.0 0 ----- 0 ----- 22 1.8 2 3.0 20 2.5 14 1.3 124 1.9
NHPI5 5 0.15 0 ----- 0 ----- 7 0.57 0 0 4 0.50 1 0 17 0.26
Two or more 177 5.3 0 ----- 0 ----- 70 5.7 0 0 31 3.9 61 5.6 339 5.2
Unknown 272 8.1   0 -----   0 -----   153 12.4   2 3.0   96 12.1   129 11.8   652 10.0
TOTAL 3,357 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,232 100 67 100 795 100 1,094 100 6,545 100
Hispanic 215 6.4 0 ----- 0 ----- 165 13.4 3 4.5 58 7.3 136 12.4 577 8.8
Not Hispanic 2,531 75.4 0 ----- 0 ----- 850 69.0 51 76.1 587 73.8 811 74.1 4,830 73.8
Unknown 611 18.2   0 -----   0 -----   217 17.6   13 19.4   150 18.9   147 13.4   1,138 17.4
TOTAL 3,357 100 0 ----- 0 ----- 1,232 100 67 100 795 100 1,094 100 6,545 100
     
1. Officer gains reflect an addition to the commissioned officer ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017. 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 a gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
2. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
OCS - Officer Candidate School
OTS - Officer Training School
3. 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.
4. American Indian, Alaska Native
5. Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
6. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
7. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).