"- - - slightly more than 70 percent of new recruits joining the active-duty Army last year had a high school diploma,- - - "
"The study by the National Priorities Project concluded that slightly more than 70 percent of new recruits joining the active-duty Army last year had a high school diploma, nearly 20 percentage points lower than the Army's goal of at least 90 percent."
Frankly, I thought that 90% would be low.
You get one of them felons who hasn't graduated from high school, give him/her a weapon and you've got yourself a re-enlistment. If the bonus is high enough, and they're climbing drastically.
Arf