Here's some stats for those complaining about "political correctness", equal opportunity programs, etc.
This is from the 2012 military demographics report. Here are the numbers for the Army:
O1 - O3: 19.73% female
O4 - O6: 14.24% female
O7 - O10: 6.56% female
E1-E4: 14.05% female
E5-E6: 11.62% female
E7-E9: 10.86% female
Women are not promoted at the same rate as men (or, more accurately, there is more attrition for females than males). It could be for a number of reasons - perhaps women are more likely to leave military service (why?). I think it probably has more to do with the opportunities available to women over the course of their career in addition to the normative values that attempt to regulate female behavior. What's interesting is that the attrition rate for females in the officer corps is higher than in the enlisted ranks. I wasn't expecting that. Perhaps its due to the smaller number of billets and the up or out system for officers, and since combat arms are closed to women, that translates into less key development positions for female officers.
I haven't compared the Army to DoD average or to the other branches, but that can be forthcoming.
EDIT: Here are the numbers for race (the data are not differentiated by race):
O1-O3: 26.5% minority
O4-O6: 23.4% minority
O7-O10: 13.4%minority
E1-E4 27.0% minority
E5-E6 34.0% minority
E7-E9 46.7% minority
What are your theories? If all else is equal (i.e. if race or sex doesn't matter, only merit) why do we have such skewed data on female and minority pay grades?
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