Colleges can help you find aid if you need it, and it pays to investigate these options before agreeing to give away years of your life to the military. Once you complete school, you on start earning the higher wages of a college graduate right away. In 1991, the head of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights received hundreds of complaints of racism in the military. He issued a report saying discrimination haunts African-Americans, Latinos and women in the military. When the Los Angeles Times investigated the Ft.
Women often join the military to gain job training and break out of traditional roles.
However, women are still limited in the jobs they actually perform in the military. Sexual harassment and rape are a real threat to women in the military. This was twice the rate of harassment reported by women in civilian jobs in a 1990 Harris Poll. Witch hunts to kick lesbian and gay personnel out of the military continue. Violence and threats against those suspected of being gay are routine.