WOMEN IN THE NAVY, BY RATING Navy officials hope to raise the percentage of women in the Navy, from about 18 percent now to 25 percent within the next decade or so. The chart shows the 10 ratings where the percentage of women is highest, and the 10 where it is lowest, as of March 31. The rankings do not include special operations and submarine ratings, which remain closed to women. TOP 10 Rating Legalman Navy counselor Yeoman Cryptologic technician (Middle East) Cryptologic technician (East/Far East) Aviation maintenance administrationman Cryptologic technician (Latin/S. America) Personnel specialist Cryptologic technician (East Europe) Interior communication electrician Community Admin Admin Admin Information Dominance Information Dominance Aviation Information Dominance Admin Information Dominance Surface combat systems Total 442 664 4,443 1,002 548 2,588 292 2,583 251 2,191 No. of women 289 303 1534 335 177 807 90 778 74 622 BOTTOM 10 Rating Navy diver Explosive ordnance disposal Aircrewman Tactical Helicopter Aircrewman helicopter Mineman Construction mechanic Machinist's mate nuclear (training) Command master chief Machinist's mate surface warfare nuclear Fireman nuclear (training) Source: Navy Personnel Command Community Special warfare/Ops Special warfare/Ops Aviation Aviation Surface operations Seabee Nuclear Command master chief Nuclear Nuclear Total 1,153 1,094 736 1,265 856 1,509 1,849 628 2,391 740 No. of women 7 10 11 49 39 89 124 45 194 61 8 percent now to 25 percentage of women ude special operations Percentage of women 65.38% 45.63% 34.53% 33.43% 32.30% 31.18% 30.82% 30.12% 29.48% 28.39% Percentage of women 0.61% 0.91% 1.49% 3.87% 4.56% 5.90% 6.71% 7.17% 8.11% 8.24%