Word: nonveteran
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...school gives in, the protest might spread like panty raids. No fewer than 154 U.S. colleges and universities require basic Army ROTC for every able-bodied nonveteran in freshman and sophomore classes. (Another 80 schools have small volunteer units.) Training officers admit that Army's basic ROTC enrollment (national total: 127,000 students) might fall to one-fifth of the present level in some schools if compulsion ended...
...disadvantage, his training gives him an advantage. World War II veterans, for example, are making more money ($3,978 in the 25-34 age category, which includes two-thirds of them) on the outside, are better educated and own at least as many homes as their nonveteran counterparts. As for the "wasted years," a survey found that for every veteran who said he had been hurt by his service, four said they had been helped. Moreover, expanded social security now gives to the entire population (including veterans) what service pensions once gave to veterans alone...
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