Is This Really an All-Volunteer Army?

NY Times (Week in Review) ^ | April 6, 2003 | STEVEN A. HOLMES

[Pharmboy]

They did produce graphs in the print edition that they did not post with the article. Let me try to summarize:

The civilian population is 70% White, 12% Black, 13% Hispanic and 5% Other.
The Enlisted Military Personnel are 63% White, 22% Black, 9% Hispanic and 6% Other.

They also show that the enlisted folks have, on average, achieved less in the way of higher education.

However, as has been noted earlier in this thread, fewer front-line troops and significantly less special forces are black.

[okie01]

"They also show that the enlisted folks have, on average, achieved less in the way of higher education."

Given that the relevant choices of the average high school graduate is to a.) go directly to college, or b.) go into the military in order to go to college or c.) go into the military because you aren't interested in college, it stands to reason that the enlisted sample would reveal less higher education -- at any given age.

Thanks for posting this. It serves as an object example of the NYTimes' complete intellectual bankruptcy.