The statistics, from December 2012, look better at the junior level, where 38percentt of assistant professors are female.
From the junior officer level up through the senior ranks, these officers have outlined obstacles that they say frustrate the rebuilding just as much as the roadside bombs and terrorist attacks that are the more visible threats.
But there is such an emphasis on the sport in this country, from the junior high level on up, that we'll always have the most refined talent at the guard positions".
Clarke represents what England have long been missing - bright, young players making the transition from junior level in a squad that has long relied on older, more experienced heads.
"The number of CVs you get from male versus female in the IT space, from junior level to senior level, they are absolutely more male dominated across the board," said Anna Frazetto, senior vice president of international technology solutions at Harvey Nash USA.
The English game from junior level right through to the senior team is broken," he said.
The consultation document published by the Northern Ireland Executive's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure includes proposals for the funding of projects across five separate strands, ranging from intermediate and junior level to the senior game.
But while Glenn is prepared to recruit a non-English coach, he insists that Hodgson's successor must embrace English football at all levels, from junior level through to the senior team.
She has already played 51 times for her country in the four years since she stepped up from junior level.
