[BasketBallonlyfan]

But, you make more money in the military than you do picking
vegetables for Taco Bell or flipping burgers at McDonalds or
standing on the corner in "No Industry At All" USA, which
explains a lot of the recruitment numbers for the Army and
Marines. It DOES matter why people join. Rich kids don't
much join. Senators kids don't much join. Upper middle
class suburban kids don't much join. I wonder how many
people who graduated from Lexington Catholic or Fort
Thomas Highlands have served in Iraq? I would bet what
little I have that the number is pretty low.

For the work and training that you have to go threw day in and day out. Along with the conditions that you have to live in. Which by American standards are way below what we as a country allow, no the pay isnt worth it. Our convicts live in better conditions than our warriors do. A Private or e-1 in the military makes a whopping $325 dollars a week. If they get a promotion, they draw an amazing $364 dollars a week. Somehow they get lucky and become a e-3, which in the Marine Corps is a lance corporal, their pay jumps to $383 dollars a week. The minimum wage in Ky the last time I checked was $7.25 an hour. If you work 40 hours a week, that brings your total up to $290 dollars a week. Do you think it would be worth the extra 35 dollars a week to do all the crap you have to do to remain in the armed forces? As far as the kids that graduate from Lexington Catholic or Fort Thomas Highlands, how many of them do you think flip burgers at McDonalds or work at Wal Mart? I am pretty good friends with both the Army and Marine recruiters here in Pikeville. They both say they dont recruit much from certian schools here in Eastern Kentucky because they dont get many to join from them. So why should certain school from other parts of the state be any different?