Platte City (United States)

Type: City
Name: Platte City (United States)
Country: United States
Latitude: 39.3703
Longitude: -94.782501
population: 5,537
First reported Jan 20 2013 - Updated Jan 20 2013 - 1 reports

Some fear U.S. gaining a warrior class

Before a roadside bomb in Baghdad burned and tore apart Jerry Majetich, before 62 operations put him back together, even before he volunteered for the Marines, then the Army, there were five older brothers who'd enlisted and a mother who'd served as an ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 20 2013]
First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

The growing warrior class

Statistics show that the majority of current members of the military are the children of current or former servicemembers. After 40 years of an all-volunteer military, this has many government and military leaders worried that Americans are growing detached ... [Published Bend Bulletin - Jan 14 2013]

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...Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Pentagon spokesman. "While the armed forces continue to be largely representative of the country as a whole, nearly four decades of an all-volunteer force has shaped who is most likely to serve and from where."
Some fear U.S. gaining a warrior class [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 20 2013]

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