service and the Foreign Service at the Department of State were occupied by members of these groups. (8) As of 2018, African Americans, Asians, and other racial minorities (including Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives) represented 33 percent of the active duty enlisted members of the Armed Forces but only 23 percent of the officer corps of the Armed Forces, while members of the Armed Forces of Hispanic origin represented 18 percent of the enlisted force but only 8 percent of the officer corps. (9) In the intelligence community, African Americans, Latinos or Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians, along with other minority groups, represented 25 percent of the employees, but only 13 percent of the senior positions. (10) The percentages of Latinos or Hispanics as part of the overall Federal workforce and in senior positions in the Federal workforce are even lower, at 8.6 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, as compared to the general population of the United States, which is 17 percent Latino or Hispanic. (11) With regard to gender diversity, of the individuals in senior positions in the civil service or the Foreign Service at the Department of State 40 percent and 32 percent are female, respectively. For the Department of Defense, 24 percent of the individuals in senior civilian positions are female, of the senior grades of the Armed Forces, 8 percent of the officers are female, and 12 percent of enlisted members of the Armed Forces are females. Of the individuals in senior positions in the intelligence community, 30 percent are female, compared to the overall Federal workforce, which is 42 percent female. (12) In concert with the findings of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission, the amendments made by section 519 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239