The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces
responsible for providing power projection from the sea using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to
rapidly deliver armed task forces. The Marine Corps has been a component of the U.S.
Department of the Navy since 1834, working side by side with naval forces for training,
transportation. But all the men and women in today's military volunteered to serve. They swore
an oath to put aside their personal aspirations and obligations for the service of all Americans.
But some politics argue that these volunteers are victims, and has been introduced in both
houses of Congress that would resume military conscription for the first time since the Vietnam
era. If these are considered “victims” why do they sign up to go to war and put their lives on the
line.

U.S. military recruits are disproportionately poor, black, and urban in origin-justifying a

reinstatement of the draft-a comprehensive new study of all U.S. military enlistees reveals
exactly the opposite. Indeed, the proportion of recruits from rich neighborhoods exceeds that
from poor neighborhoods. The myth of the underprivileged soldier and provides surprising
evidence of how demographics of the all-volunteer military actually changed after 9/11. Join us
as our panelists examine the characteristics of recruits including education, race, income, and
region, to clarify just who among us is beaIn conclusion these men and women are sacrificing their lives and for what a vision of glory. These visions are false by recruiters and not real in any way of imaging. This is why we

need to move back the enlist of recruits to a later age so that these men and women can make
more ethical decisions.