Army Demographics

[Jim]

I found this study and thought it should be shared. It confirms what I've thought for a long time.

August 21, 2008
Who Serves in the U.S. Military? The Demographics of Enlisted Troops and Officers
by Shanea Watkins, Ph.D. and James Sherk
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-05

The men and women who serve in America’s all-volunteer military do not come disproportionately from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instead, the opposite is true. Both active-duty enlisted troops and officers come disproportionately from high-income neighborhoods—a trend that has increased since 9/11.

America’s troops are highly educated. Enlisted recruits have above-average intelligence and are far more likely than their civilian peers to have a high school degree. Nearly all of the officer corps has at least a four-year college education—far greater than the rate in the civilian population. The racial composition of the military is similar to that of the civilian population, although whites and blacks are slightly overrepresented among enlisted recruits.

The popular impression that many soldiers join the military because they lack better opportunities is wrong. In all likelihood, our soldiers would have had many lucrative career opportunities in the pri­vate sector. The officers and enlisted men and women of the armed forces have made sacrifices to serve in the U.S. military.


http://www.heritage.org/Research/Nation ... a08-05.cfm

[Silverback]

Don't let Rangel here this

[LEROY]

"Education -- if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well,"

said Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat.

"If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

If Kerry said it, it must be true!!!

[RRDTm3]

good shit!

[Rock Island Ranger]

It wuz difrent en mi day...weed tak inybody.

[Ranger Ron]

It wuz difrent en mi day...weed tak inybody.

I guarantee you it was different when I was in! Man was there some rumdums! The draft was good for numbers, but not quality.