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In the UK id buy that chaps joining the guards regiment their fathers /grandfathers did I kind of got the impression that the military isn't seen in that way

• rayiner 7y ago
  It’s not as high social status as the UK, but there are plenty of officers who come from relatively wealthy families. The officer corps skews upper middle class, with 40% of ROTC recruits coming from the top quantile of households in terms of income. (At Harvard or Stanford, 65% are from the top quantile.) The other major entry point for officers, the service academies, requires excellent test scores and two letters of recommendation from the Vice President or a Member of Congress. By no means are officers all from wealthy families, but those folks are definitely over represented.
  • dragonwriter 7y ago
    > The other major entry point for officers, the service academies, Of academy, ROTC, OCS, and direct appointment, I'm relatively certain that, unless things have shifted recently, the academies are the least significant source of commissioned officers in the US military overall, rather than the second major entry point.