TS Volume 41 Number 4 PROFILES IN INNOVATION
People and Events .......................... 6 Generals on the Move, Upcoming Professional Military Events
One on One ...................................10 Gen. James McConville on the Army’s readiness
BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS
First Steps ....................................14 The Department of Defense has long supported STEM education and outreach activities throughout the nation.
Corporate Life ...............................16 One of the biggest challenges faced by many veterans is fi nding employment after leaving the military.
Career Voices ................................18 Supporting young people is an ambition that many organization’s claim. BEYA Stars and Stripes doesn’t just make the claim, it has a two-prong approach.
EDUCATION
Book Review .................................76 50 Must-Read books on U.S. military history and leadership, communications, team building, and confl ict resolution.
Leading Voices ..............................78 Jem Pagan explores new ways to measure Diversity.
John W. Morgan advocates best practices that are a good fi t anywhere.
Dr. Michael Spencer takes us out with the Last Firewall.
CAREER OUTLOOK
Career Outlook .............................87 Cybersecurity Careers in the Military Industry Overview Job Horizon
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Tyrone D. Taborn Publisher and Editorial Director
USBE&IT | WINTER 2017 3
PUBLISHER’S PAGE Top Blacks in the Military I
t’s the end of another year, and US Black Engineer magazine presents its annual profi les of active duty U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
Force; Homeland Security’s Coast Guard; and Reserve component Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and Homeland Security’s Coast Guard Reserve members. The total number of military personnel is over 3.5
million strong. The Army has the largest number of active duty
members (487,366), followed by the Navy (323,334), the Air Force (307,326), and the Marine Corps (183,417). According to the recent demographics report and profi le of the military
community prepared for the Department of Defense, across all service branches, members who report themselves as White make up the highest percentage of active duty offi cers (77.2%), while members who report themselves as Black or African American make up 9.1 percent. Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacifi c Islander
offi cers make up 4.7 percent, 0.6 percent, and 0.5 percent of active duty offi cers, respectively. However, although fewer than one-third (31.3%), or 407,563, of active duty
members identify as a racial minority (i.e., Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other), the percentage of active duty members who identify themselves as a racial minority has increased each year since 2012-from 31.6% of enlisted members and 21.9% of offi cers in 2012 to 33.2% of enlisted members and 22.8% of offi cers in 2015. Members who report themselves as White represent the largest proportion of the
total Department of Defense force (70.7%), while Black or African American members represent 17 percent. Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacifi c Islander members make up 4.0 percent, 1.1 percent, and 0.9 percent, respectively. Over two percent (2.5%) of members report themselves as multi-racial. Women, who number 201,413, comprise 15.5 percent of the DoD active-duty
force, while 1,100,030 men comprise 84.5 percent of the DoD active-duty force. The percentage of female military personnel has increased from 15.4 percent in 2000 to 16.8 percent in 2015. Compared to 2000, the percentage of total active duty members who have a bachelor’s and/or an advanced degree increased. The majority (83.8%) of offi cers have a bachelor’s or higher degree. Forty percent of the total force is 25 years of age or younger, the 2015 profi le on the U.S. military community notes. The largest number of offi cers in the Army and Navy are 41 years of age or older, while the largest number of offi cers in the Marine Corps and Air Force are between the ages of 26 and 30 years.
The ten states with the highest active-duty military populations are California (150,563), Virginia (124,197), Texas (116,549), North Carolina (99,981), Georgia (68,191), Florida (59,376), Washington (57,008), Hawaii (45,367), South Carolina (36,521), and Colorado (35,712).
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