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Who serves in US Military
SFGbob
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1. “American soldiers are more educated than their peers. A little more than 1 percent of enlisted personnel lack a high-school degree, compared to 21 percent of men 18 to 24 years old [in the general population].”
2. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, minorities are not overrepresented in the military service.”
3. “The facts do not support the belief that many American soldiers volunteer because society offers them few opportunities. The average enlisted person or officer could have had lucrative career opportunities in the private sector.”
If the report has one significant ideological point to make, it’s that military participation has a huge patriotic/service component that is commonly overlooked, especially in portions of the country where military representation is far below average. (In the Northeast, for instance, the recruit-to-population ratio is just 0.73, compared to 1.19 in the South.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/who-serves-the-us-military-the-demographics-enlisted-troops-and-officers
2. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, minorities are not overrepresented in the military service.”
3. “The facts do not support the belief that many American soldiers volunteer because society offers them few opportunities. The average enlisted person or officer could have had lucrative career opportunities in the private sector.”
If the report has one significant ideological point to make, it’s that military participation has a huge patriotic/service component that is commonly overlooked, especially in portions of the country where military representation is far below average. (In the Northeast, for instance, the recruit-to-population ratio is just 0.73, compared to 1.19 in the South.)
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/who-serves-the-us-military-the-demographics-enlisted-troops-and-officers
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Holy shit, that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read and you must be the dumbest motherfucker on earth to believe it.
But wow seriously, the military has less high school dropouts? That’s so impressive. I mean they don’t accept high school dropouts but that wouldn’t make those numbers complete bullshit or anything. -
Getting a GED = H.S. dropout.allpurpleallgold said:Holy shit, that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read and you must be the dumbest motherfucker on earth to believe it.
But wow seriously, the military has less high school dropouts? That’s so impressive. I mean they don’t accept high school dropouts but that wouldn’t make those numbers complete bullshit or anything. -
I like to call facts that make my Kunt hurt dumb.allpurpleallgold said:Holy shit, that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read and you must be the dumbest motherfucker on earth to believe it.
But wow seriously, the military has less high school dropouts? That’s so impressive. I mean they don’t accept high school dropouts but that wouldn’t make those numbers complete bullshit or anything. -
I posted this in response to Coug showing us his ass:
A lot of straight men with nothing better to do, and no better prospects out of high school, look to the military as a default landing spot. It's the fucking truth dude. Like it or not.
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If it was all facts they wouldn’t need made up bullshit about over and under representation. 75% of enlisted recruits come from neighborhood income levels below $65,000. All they did was dig until they found a stat that made it appear slightly less gross and you desperately ate it up.
If it was all about facts it wouldn’t need wild speculation about patriotism that’s backed up by zero evidence. People from the northeast have more money than people from the south, people from the northeast enlist at a lower rate than people from the south. So, patriotism then? Too be fair, the south does have a wonderful patriotic history being traitors to America and fighting a war because they wanted to own other Americans. -
The belief that the military is filled with dumb people who had no other options is a common one especially on the left, it just doesn't happen to be true. That belief bit John Kerry in the ass when he was running for President in 2004.
The apology comes two days after Kerry told college students that if "you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." -
Can I bash the French in this thread?
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By all means. They suck at firefighting.Swaye said:Can I bash the French in this thread?
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I too remember when you turned a war hero into a military hater when he ran vs a draft dodger.
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I too remember when you tried to elevate a military hater and a guy who was a fraud into a war "hero."allpurpleallgold said:I too remember when you turned a war hero into a military hater when he ran vs a draft dodger.
