The Marine Corps Challenges in Creating a Diverse Force

Abstract

Over the past ten years the Marine Corps has not achieved appreciable gains in producing a steady stream of minority Senior and General Officers. The total percentage of minority officers in the Marine Corps today is 19%, which is slightly higher than 18% of the minorities in the U.S. population, eligible for officer programs. However, the majority of this percentage represents the ranks of O-1 through O-4. Campaign Plans, policies, and procedures of the past are inconsistent, lack accountability in leadership to implement the policies, and do not produce lasting results. Additionally, mentoring is important in the process of being promoted at the Senior officer ranks between O-6 to O-10 and minority officers between the ranks of O-1 to O-4are rarely mentored during their career

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601766

Entities

People

  • Morina D. Foster

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • General Officers
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Mentoring
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Security
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • United States

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