I’ve been out of the military a long time, but when I was in I remember an individual could select their career field before they enlisted. I wonder if that’s changed. I hear that the army is having a hard time recruiting people. I am primarily concerned about the manning in combat arms units. Those are the people who actually go out and put their life on the line to engage the enemy. Many people maybe most entered the military to obtain a marketable skill for the civilian world. Few people enlist in the Army for patriotic reasons. I remember one of the main demographics in combat arms units were white southerners. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, you might have noticed that a disproportionately number of the troops killed were white Southerners. I wonder if they are still volunteering at the same rate as they did in the recent past. Does anybody have any information on this situation; I can find nothing on the internet?