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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by walshemj on Monday October 07, 2019 @04:12PM (#21185447)
In the UK id buy that chaps joining the guards regiment their fathers /grandfathers did

I kind of got the impression that the military isn't seen in that way in the USA and didn't have such a high social status

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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by rayiner on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:11PM (#21185987)
It’s not as high social status as the UK, but there are plenty of officers who come from relatively wealthy families. The officer corps skews upper middle class, with 40% of ROTC recruits coming from the top quantile of households in terms of income. (At Harvard or Stanford, 65% are from the top quantile.) The other major entry point for officers, the service academies, requires excellent test scores and two letters of recommendation from the Vice President or a Member of Congress.

By no means are officers all from wealthy families, but those folks are definitely over represented.

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Re:For the first time on record, the 400 wealthiest American... by dragonwriter on Monday October 07, 2019 @05:21PM (#21186089)
> The other major entry point for officers, the service academies,

Of academy, ROTC, OCS, and direct appointment, I'm relatively certain that, unless things have shifted recently, the academies are the least significant source of commissioned officers in the US military overall, rather than the second major entry point.

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