<p>RKAM....</p>
<p>Skirby is right..here is some info and the web site from the Dept. of Defense...</p>
<p>"WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2005 The U.S. military is not a "poor man's force."
That's the conclusion Defense Department officials reached following examination of enlisted recruiting statistics gathered over the past year.
.... race, education, social status, income, region and so on. "When you look at all of those, you find that the force is really quite representative of the country...
The data shows the force is more educated than the population at large. Servicemembers have high school diplomas or the general equivalency diploma. More servicemembers have some college than the typical 18- to 24-year-olds. ....On the socioeconomic side, the military is strongly middle class...
Other trends are that the number of recruits from wealthier families is increasing, and the number of recruits from suburban areas has increased. This also tracks that young men and women from the middle class are serving in the military.....
Young men and women from urban areas are not volunteering, Gilroy said. In fact, urban areas provide far fewer recruits as a percentage of the total population than small towns and rural areas...."</p>
<p>Complete article here... <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/20051123_3437.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/20051123_3437.html</a></p>