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Never said they were 'low class'. Merely that the economic origins of a large part of our military isn't the 'rich'. How many 'rich boys' do you know that join the military? How many 'rich chicks' do you know that join the military? How many college educated kids do you know that join the military compared to college educated kids that do not. This particular unit might appear to be a cross section of America but the military as a whole is not. Economic reasons lead the poor (disparately minority) to join in order to get money for college. I spent time as a child in a very poor state in the Southern US. I have seen this first hand. Black kids I went to school with were much more likely to join the army/military after HS than white kids. The white kids could by and large afford to go to college. The black kids by and large could not. Kudos for those wanting to succeed and doing so in whatever means they find available. The military is also a good place to learn tech training that's useful to get a job.

Why is it some people associate being 'poor' with being 'low class'. Please don't pass your assumptions on others statements. I know many high class poor people and many low class rich people. The poor ones are the ones that join the military.

"Why is it some people associate being 'poor' with being 'low class'. Please don't pass your assumptions on others statements. I know many high class poor people and many low class rich people. The poor ones are the ones that join the military."

I can say that the military is full of wonderful people and there's no doubt those folks who are captured are good soldiers all. I've had the pleasure to meet some of the smartest people around who had little formal education. I've also met academy grads who couldn't poor piss out of a boot even if it had directions on the side. And I've also been led by that most rare of all commodities - someone with common sense and who's also a West Point or "mustang" or ROTC grad, or the 25 year-in-service maintenance test pilot, or a grizzled first sergeant who pisses coffee and has every reg darn near memorized. When you get a good leader, you know it, and the U.S. forces are unbeatable, this has been proven time and again.