Are Southern kids soft?

[jyoutz]

The map shows miltary base locations but does not take into account the population at those bases. Seven of the top ten states based on per capita recruitment rates are southern states. Four out of five of the largest military bases are also located in southern states.

And those southern states with the largest bases also include the west: CA, AZ, NM, CO.

 

[bigtiller]

Who here thinks there will be fighting in the streets one of these days?

One of these days? I think we have been there for to long already.
On average here in the USA, 300 people are shot every day. 100 of them die.

 

[sea2summit]

And those southern states with the largest bases also include the west: CA, AZ, NM, CO.

Only by measuring acres…

 

[sea2summit]

One of these days? I think we have been there for to long already.
On average here in the USA, 300 people are shot every day. 100 of them die.

Let’s see the map of where that happens and compare it to where the Army gets it’s recruits…

 

[jyoutz]

Only by measuring acres…

Pendleton, Bliss, and Carson stack up with the largest SE US bases in term of personnel. White Sands Missile Range is the largest military installation in the world (acres, not personnel) but its mission is of supreme national importance.

 

[sea2summit]

Pendleton, Bliss, and Carson stack up with the largest SE US bases in term of personnel. White Sands Missile Range is the largest military installation in the world (acres, not personnel) but its mission is of supreme national importance.

Curious what you mean by stack up? Carson recently got another brigade from Lewis so yes it is large but nothing like others. Bliss has a large transient population as well as Pendleton. Naval Station San Diego probably beats Carson.

 

[jyoutz]

Curious what you mean by stack up? Carson recently got another brigade from Lewis so yes it is large but nothing like others. Bliss has a large transient population as well as Pendleton. Naval Station San Diego probably beats Carson.

Just pointing out that large installations are not exclusively in the SE. Nothing more.

 

[Chewwy]

And those southern states with the largest bases also include the west: CA, AZ, NM, CO.

CA tops the list for the no. personnel on it’s bases. CO is not in the top 10 but is close. AZ and NM are farther down the list.

Those living in the south do not regard CA, AZ, NM or CO as southern states regardless of their latitude.

 

[/pine]

To avoid being accused of having a bias...whenever you wave to someone from CA...be sure to do it with a limp wrist...!

 

[Torvy]

I don't have a problem considering NM or AZ the south, as opposed to the South (which tends to equate to the former confederate states). So Cal is geographically south, but has nothing in common with other states in the southern US. Colorado is not south geographically or culturally.

California was my point in my earlier post. They have the most people stationed in bases in CA, but that does not equate to per capita enlistment numbers. Thus, proving that it is not proximity of bases (or children of military personnel) that drives enlistment numbers. In my experience, enlisted parents tend to encourage their kids to be officers or choose another career entirely.