-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/06/07 22:48, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 03/06/07 18:22, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:46:02PM -1000, Al Eridani wrote: >>>> On 2/27/07, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:55:28AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: >> [snip] >>> What does it matter what someone's education level is when they enlist? >>> If they get educated while in the service, does that somehow lessen its >>> value than if they get educated and *then* join? Of course, officers >>> are required to have a college degree and many go on to get Master's >>> degrees. >> Besides, you can go to College while in the Service. > > Given how thinly spread the armed forces are right now, when do you suppose > homework gets done? In the back seat of a humvee on patrol?
There are 4.1M people in the services, Active & Reserve/Guard. There are 0.14M US Servicemen in Iraq and 0.027 Servicemen in Afghanistan at any one time. Thus, 95.9% of people in the services are *not* "over there". > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7rV6S9HxQb37XmcRAilPAJ9x7wGtF8NzyTeqiFlJS24ltlpQXACcDMEF EMSz8QGPwG5voKys8xhdlck= =YPDj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
