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MARADMIN 060/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC/MMPR-1//
SUBJ/FY01 USMC MAJOR SELECTION BOARD DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION//
REF/A/RMG/A/SECNAV/211900ZJAN00//
AMPN/REF A IS ALNAV 002/00//
RMKS/1. THE REFERENCE ANNOUNCED THE OFFICERS SELECTED FOR PROMOTION
TO MAJOR IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. IN A CONTINUING EFFORT TO
DEMYSTIFY THE PROMOTION SELECTION BOARD PROCESS, A DEMOGRAPHIC RECAP
OF THE FY01 USMC MAJOR SELECTION BOARD IS PROVIDED BELOW.
2. THE SELECTION STANDARD FOR ALL MARINE CORPS PROMOTION BOARDS IS
TO SELECT ONLY THOSE BEST AND FULLY QUALIFIED MARINES, REGARDLESS OF
RACE, GENDER, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR MINORITY STATUS. THE OVERALL
SELECTION STATISTICS AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM THE IN ZONE
POPULATION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS INTENDED TO
CLARIFY THE RESULTS OF THE BOARD. NOTE THAT IF THE ELIGIBLE IN
ZONE POPULATION IS A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER, THEN THE PERCENTAGE
SELECTED COULD CHANGE GREATLY WITH THE SELECTION OR NONSELECTION OF A SINGLE MARINE. THESE TYPES OF VARIATIONS MUST BE KEPT IN PERSPECTIVE
WHEN REVIEWING THE BELOW LISTED DATA.
A. OVERALL SELECTION STATISTICS:
ALLOCATION: 467
ELIG SEL %SEL
ABOVE ZONE 111 23 20.7
IN ZONE 519 441 85.0
BELOW ZONE 655 3 0.5
TOTAL 1285 467 36.3
B. GENDER/RACE/ETHNIC "IN ZONE" STATISTICS:
(1) MALE STATISTICS
ELIG SEL %SEL
ASIAN AMER 4 4 100.0
AFRICAN AMER 19 18 94.7
HISPANIC 23 17 73.9
AMER INDIAN 7 5 71.4
OTHER 3 1 33.3
CAUCASIAN 448 382 85.3
TOTAL 504 427 84.7
(2) FEMALE STATISTICS
ELIG SEL %SEL
ASIAN AMER 0 0 0.0
AFRICAN AMER 2 2 100.0
HISPANIC 1 1 100.0
AMER INDIAN 0 0 0.0
OTHER 0 0 0.0
CAUCASIAN 12 11 91.7
TOTAL 15 14 93.3
3. THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE FROM THE "IN ZONE" FY01 USMC MAJOR
SELECTION BOARD ONLY. THIS TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WILL VARY FROM
YEAR TO YEAR AND BOARD TO BOARD DEPENDING ON THE MAKE UP OF A
SPECIFIC "IN ZONE" ELIGIBLE POPULATION.
4. POC IS COL HAMILTON OR MAJ PETIT AT DSN 278-9700/9703 OR COML
(703) 784-9700/9703.//
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