America's grunt infantry heroes have always been poor white rednecks. See Alvin York[1] and Audie Murphy[2] (both decent movies, btw). It's still that way[3].

America's grunt infantry heroes have always been poor white rednecks. See Alvin York[1] and Audie Murphy[2] (both decent movies, btw). It's still that way[3]. Quite frankly, as a resident of one of the disproportionately represented states in the the US military, if you're a none-too-bright young man or woman in Maine, you might as well enlist out of high school, see a little bit of the world and hopefully get slotted into something that will teach you a trade. Plus, you get some benefits later on if you do want to go to college. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy [3] http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-demographics-2014-8?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-demographics-2014...