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Современность; Армия;
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Ирак может оказаться крепче Вьетнама?
Добрый день!
А вот некоторые цифры, которые прислал мне мой приятель. Коротко смысл комментария, которым он снабдил цифры: граждане должны защищать Рим. Мой приятель - большой патриот своей страны.
U.S. population 281 million
U.S. Military strength (active duty) 1.4 million (one half of one percent of the national population is in uniform)
Federal government employees (non-military) 2.7 million (1% of the national population)
Non-citizen U.S. soldiers 47,500 (4% of the total U.S. military force)
Military age population (18-28 year old males) 20 million
Military age males living at home 48% (This is slightly more than women of the same age living at home..."Oh, my!")
Military age males in uniform 2% (As Henry V said at the Battle of Agincourt, "We few shall do the work while rest of England is
home abed.")
Annual recruiting requirement 200,000 (1% of the military age male pool)
Cost to recruit one soldier about $8000
National employment 135 million
National unemployment 6.7 million (4.8% unemployed) (3% of the unemployed annually would equal 100% of military manpower
needs)
Federal annual budget $1,863 trillion
Health and Human Services Depart. budget 426 trillion
Department of the Treasury budget 390 trillion (of which 360 trillion is debt service)
Annual Defense Department budget 291 trillion (17% of the annual federal budget) or (81% of the annual debt service)
Armed Forces manpower by year 1990 (2.1 million) 2000 (1.7 million) 2002 (1.4 million)
Women on active duty (% of total force) 1973 (2.5%), 1975 (4.6%), 1981 (8.9%), 1987 (10.2%), 1993 (11.6%), 2000 (14.4%)
Manpower by service Army (484,000), Navy (384,000), Air Force (370,000), Marine Corps (173,000)
Women on active duty (%) Army (15%) Navy (14%) Air Force (19%) Marine Corps (6%)
Military jobs available to women 80% of all occupations (women are currently denied frontline combat occupations)
Military manpower based United States (1 million), Foreign lands (260,000), Afloat (141,000)
Military manpower based (%) United States (71%) Foreign lands (19%) Afloat (10%)
African-America % of national population 12.3%
African-American % of war service 8.7% (WWII), 9.8% (Vietnam), 20% (Persian Gulf War)
Annual high school graduates 2.5 million
High school age students who do not graduate .8 million
Total males of high school graduate age 3.3 million