Veterans of active duty military service are one of the nation's most important sources of well-educated, highly trained and strongly motivated employees who possess a wide range of technical and professional skills. Since all of the major military operating systems - command and control, administrative, logistics, intelligence, weapons, etc., are highly computerized, a majority of military members are trained in the use and management of computer systems. In line with these requirements the services are recruiting and re-enlisting only the most highly qualified applicants. And technical training in the military is on the cutting edge of advanced technology. 92 percent of active duty military personnel in the United States use computers at their places of duty.
Computer systems are ubiquitous at military offices and work sites.
40 percent of military personnel in the U.S. have job assignments that involve information resource management. Because of a big push for quality in new recruits during the post-cold war years, the current military is the most highly educated in history. More than 98 percent of all service members are high school graduates and over 36 percent have graduated or attended college. Military members are given great responsibility and leadership roles early in their careers. A new enlisted soldier, for example, progresses to Corporal in about two years and assumes the responsibilities of Sergeant's rank in three or four years.