Every time I hear a Democrat trot out the "well known fact" that the military is "80% poor black" or some such nonsense, I bristle. The military is made of a clearly representational group of people from every walk of life who want to be there! Lying beggers!
I know a young man right now who left a pre med program to join the Marines. Right now he is at Parris Island, has made squad leader and will graduate on Aug. 18th. While he qualified for everything he chose infantry. My brother enlisted in the army after 4 years of college, then re-enlisted after 9/11. I have cousins and friends who have served that were all college graduates so I absolutely hate it when people make it seem like the only ones who serve have no other options in life, like we are idiots. Whether they are poor, middle class or rich, it doesn't matter, they volunteer to make the ultimate sacrafice for us, God bless them.