Career Progression of Minority and Women Officers
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Authors
Gilroy, Curtis
Eitelberg, Mark
Enns, John
Hosek, Susan
Kilburn, Rebecca
Laurence, Janice
Mehay, Steven
Tiemeyer, Peter
Verdugo, Naomi
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Date of Issue
1997
Date
1997
Publisher
DoD/OSD
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Abstract
The American Military is widely viewed as a pioneer in providing equal opportunity for its uniformed members. From the 1948 Executive Order signed by President Harry S. Truman that formally began the long process of racial integration to more recent admission of women into most military occupational specialties, the Military Services have compiled a record of providing equal opportunity that often exceeds the progress of civilian society. That record has been achieved only through constant effort and self-examination, and it will be maintained and improved only through continuing effort. It is in this spirit of self- examination and improvement that this study was undertaken. The study reviews the key stages of officer career progression: recruiting, commission-ing, training, assignment, evaluation, promotion, and retention. It is limited to active duty commissioned officers in the four military branches of the Department of Defense, and examined data collected through 1997. The study employed several approaches to analyzing the career progression of minority and female officers, including trend analysis, statistical modeling, and focus groups and interviews. This report sets out the findings of the study and suggests a number of actions that could be taken to improve the process of providing equal opportunity to minority members and women in the officer corps.
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Report
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Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
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Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel and Readiness
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116 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.