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The Truth About Who Fights for Us (Military Demographics show that only 11% are from poorest group)
Wall Street Journal ^
| 09/27/2011
| Ann Marlowe
Posted on 09/27/2011 1:03:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Interesting facts even John Kerry can appreciate * or will he?):
* Whereas blacks comprise 17% of Americans ages 18-39 with high school degrees, they represent only a slightly larger proportion of enlisted soldiers, at 21%.
* Whites were significantly overrepresented among enlisted Army personnel in 2010
* While 58% of Americans 18-39 years old are white, 64% of the Army's enlisted men and women are.
* Whites are underrepresented to a minor degree in only one category, in which blacks are overrepresented: Army officers
* 74% of 25-54 year-olds with bachelor's degrees are white
* 72% of Army officers are white
* 8% of 25-54 year-olds with B.A.s are black
* 13% of Army officers are black
* While 60% of 18-24 year-olds with a high school degree are white and 17% are black, 64% of new enlistees are white and 19% are black.
* Asians and Pacific Islanders, which make up the fastest-growing American demographic, are underrepresented in the Army, as are Hispanics.
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
Evangelicals are listed as including JWs and lds, what knee slapper.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:10:06 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Those who are easily shocked... should be shocked more often. - Mae West)
To: SeekAndFind
the "fact" that those who serve in the U.S. military typically have no other career options I've heard this myself. It always makes me laugh because it is so stupid. Invariably, the person saying such stuff knows no one who serves in the military.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:11:46 PM PDT
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
In 2008, using data provided by the Defense Department, the Heritage Foundation found that only 11% of enlisted military recruits in 2007 came from the poorest one-fifth, or quintile, of American neighborhoods (as of the 2000 Census), while 25% came from the wealthiest quintile. Heritage reported that "these trends are even more pronounced in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, in which 40% of enrollees come from the wealthiest neighborhoods, a number that has increased substantially over the past four years." Indeed, the Heritage report showed that "low-income families are underrepresented in the military and high-income families are overrepresented. Individuals from the bottom household income quintile make up 20.0 percent of Americans who are age 18-24 years old but only 10.6 percent of the 2006 recruits and 10.7 percent of the 2007 recruits. Individuals in the top two quintiles make up 40.0 percent of the population, but 49.3 percent of the recruits in both years."
Ping for reference.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:15:42 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
To: SeekAndFind
The state by state representation is telling.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:16:31 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: svcw
It is evangelistic, not Evangelical.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:17:17 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: SeekAndFind
Surprised? Young white males are at the bottom of the civilian quota list — no wonder so many of them join the military. Blacks have been brainwashed into an anti-military view, and a greater proportion of them have criminal records and educational issues (”getting educated is acting white,” social promotion, etc). Hispanics have language and educational problems.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:17:29 PM PDT
by
Socon-Econ
(Socon-Econ)
To: SeekAndFind
Libs live in a fantasy world. Facts are meaningless to them. They are simply ignored or don’t even register. See “cognitive dissonance.”
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:18:00 PM PDT
by
piytar
(The Obama Depression. Say it early, say it often. Why? Because it's TRUE.)
To: svcw
Evangelicals are listed as including JWs and lds, what knee slapper. And "Pentacostals" is spelled wrong.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:18:25 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2703506/posts?page=518#518)
To: SeekAndFind
“Well educated”? - evidently not.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:19:29 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SeekAndFind
Silly people!
The libtards never let facts get in the way of a good class warfare/racial card meme!
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:23:49 PM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
To: SeekAndFind
Among my small town friends I would say the numbers were fairly equal but the line between rich and poor doesn’t mean a lot among small town conservatives.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:32:01 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: SeekAndFind
Interesting facts even John Kerry can appreciate * or will he?): Did he appreciate this banner?:
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09/27/2011 1:36:42 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
To: svcw
Evangelicals are listed as including JWs and lds . . . They both evangelize, so I really don't see the problem in said classification.
Of course, I'm one of those unenlightened dolts who think Jesus Christ will decide who is and who is not Christian. Not some self-appointed committee of holier-than-thou types.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:40:26 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: 1010RD
Actually the disparities are pretty small aside from New England and Pacific regions.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:42:02 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: ExTxMarine
The American military learned in Vietnam that the American public will not tolerate significant casualties in any conflict which does not directly threaten the existence of the United States. Therefore, ever since the Ford administration, our armed forces have been transformed into smaller, more technology dependent entities. We had many fewer men on the battlefields of the first Gulf War than did Saddam Hussein. However, our tanks, aircraft and other means of war were dramatically superior to his. In effect, we have substituted machine power for manpower.
Those wonderful machines of war cannot be operated and maintained by persons of low intelligence or those with little education and/or training. For the urban elites to expect that the American military of the 21st Century can be manned primarily by ill-educated denizens of our poorest neighborhoods, they must not understand this basic fact.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:45:14 PM PDT
by
p. henry
To: SeekAndFind
Hey, once again Indians kick butt with about three times our share of recruits compared to the general population.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:45:18 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: SeekAndFind
I don't know the rate today but when my grandson signed up the failure rate for prospective recruits was close to 50%. The military doesn't need to go looking for potential problems
Our young people in service are very much for the most part bright and well motivated, it's not a dumping ground for misfits, not yet, anyway.
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posted on
09/27/2011 1:48:14 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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