In 2012 the city violent crime rate in Muhlenberg Township was lower than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 50.49% and the city property crime rate in Muhlenberg Township was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 74.37%. data-ad-slot=5330698148>.
As of 31 December 2013, 1,369,532 people were on active duty in the armed forces, with an additional 850,880 people in the seven reserve components. It is an all-volunteer military, but conscription through the Selective Service System can be enacted at the President's request and Congress' approval.
As of 2014, the VA estimates there were 22 million military veterans in the U.S. population. If you add their figures on veterans to the active personnel numbers mentioned above, 7.3 percent of all living Americans have served in the military at some point in their lives. recently heard someone throw around the statistic that only about 2 percent of all living Americans have served in the military.