Halbfinger, David M.,
Military Mirrors a Working-Class America. David M. Halbfinger and Steven A. Holmes. - New York Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 10, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Military Mirrors a Working-Class America, March 30, 2003; pp. A1+.
"They left small towns and inner cities, looking for a way out and up, or fled the anonymity of the suburbs, hoping to find themselves. They joined the all-volunteer military, gaining a free education or a marketable skill or just the discipline they knew they would need to get through life. As the United States engages in its first major land war in a decade, the soldiers, sailors, pilots and others who are risking, and now giving, their lives in Iraq represent a slice of a broad swath of American society--but by no means all of it. Of the 28 servicemen killed who have been identified so far, 20 were white, 5 black, 3 Hispanic--proportions that nearly mirror those of the military as a whole. But just one was from a well-to-do family, and with the exception of a Naval academy alumnus, just one had graduated from an elite college or university." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article presents the demographic makeup of the United States military.
1522-3205;
Demographic surveys
Draft
Military service--Voluntary
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Recruiting and enlistment
Social classes
Vietnamese War (1957-1975)
United States--Armed Forces--Minorities
AC1.S5
050
Military Mirrors a Working-Class America. David M. Halbfinger and Steven A. Holmes. - New York Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 10, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Military Mirrors a Working-Class America, March 30, 2003; pp. A1+.
"They left small towns and inner cities, looking for a way out and up, or fled the anonymity of the suburbs, hoping to find themselves. They joined the all-volunteer military, gaining a free education or a marketable skill or just the discipline they knew they would need to get through life. As the United States engages in its first major land war in a decade, the soldiers, sailors, pilots and others who are risking, and now giving, their lives in Iraq represent a slice of a broad swath of American society--but by no means all of it. Of the 28 servicemen killed who have been identified so far, 20 were white, 5 black, 3 Hispanic--proportions that nearly mirror those of the military as a whole. But just one was from a well-to-do family, and with the exception of a Naval academy alumnus, just one had graduated from an elite college or university." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article presents the demographic makeup of the United States military.
1522-3205;
Demographic surveys
Draft
Military service--Voluntary
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Recruiting and enlistment
Social classes
Vietnamese War (1957-1975)
United States--Armed Forces--Minorities
AC1.S5
050