Originally Posted by Mr. Luddite

Recently, I was reading some statistics about the military and military
service. Couple of things jumped out at me.

1. In 2013, with all the global conflicts, terrorism and wars the
USA has been involved in over the past one and a half decades, only
0.5 percent of the US population is on active duty in the branches
of the US military at any one time.

2. In 1975, two years after the draft ended and the US shifted to an
all volunteer force, 70 percent of the members of Congress had
prior military service. Today, only 20 percent have prior military
service.

Surprised me.