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That's an interesting point. I had not seen that. I can't refute this with stats, but I would not say I have seen the same thing either. I would be curious to
by dforrestwilson1 11y ago
That's an interesting point. I had not seen that.
I can't refute this with stats, but I would not say I have seen the same thing either. I would be curious to know if different branches of the military have widely disparate demographics. I suspect the Air Force takes in the most highly educated and also wealthiest recruits, and that the Army takes in the least educated, least wealthy.
In the Marine Corps I saw big differences in backgrounds based upon MOS. My boot camp platoon was roughly 50% Hispanic and most of them ended up 0300 - infantry.
- someguydave 11y agoI remember when the PBS news show would list the causalities in Iraq every evening along with their hometowns. I perceived that most military members who died were from rural areas in the South and Midwest.
- icebraining 11y agoWell, not in absolute numbers, at least. State Fatalities California 478 Texas 420 Florida 196 Pennsylvania 196 New York 191 Ohio 188 Illinois 162 Michigan 160 Georgia 142 ... http://icasualties.org/iraq/uscasualtiesbystate.aspx http://icasualties.org/iraq/uscasualtiesbystate.aspx
- someguydave 11y agoInteresting. It would be interesting to see this table normalized by the state's population.