Only 11 percent of enlisted recruits in 2007 came from the poorest one-fifth (quintile) of neighborhoods, while 25 percent came from the wealthiest quintile
Really interesting. Because the fastest way to work your way out of a bad situation is to join the military. I wonder if kids in inner city schools - even the ones that graduate H.S. - are too sub-standard to make the grade?
Not so fast; federal law prohibits the enlistment of youth in trouble.... A local judge cannot direct a kid to join the Army or go to jail....
Every applicant has local and federal background checks run before entry in the delayed enlistment program (DP). No one joins today and ships tomorrow. Has not been so for more than a while- at least since the early 90s when I did a tour on recruiting duty, and even so when I enlisted in ‘83.
The quality of todays and the last few decades of servicemen has been very high, morally, legally educationally and physically.