Just because you are a vet or serving currently

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You are making assumptions and we all know what happens when you do that. You are also using information from Wikipedia as though it was fact. Wikipedia in general is a good place to get information that should then be checked elsewhere to verify it's accuracy. It should be always taken as fact.
You are talking about 20% of a much smaller pool of people, so again your comparison is not valid.
You also need to look at the number you quoted from Wikipedia. It sounds like you are saying that 86.8% of people eligible to graduate in 2009, actually graduated. That is for one year and does not necessarily reflect the civilian population as a whole, just that group. It does not count people who may have gotten a GED, or gone back later to finish.
It's been fun arguing with you, but you really need to get your facts straight, if you want people to take your opinions seriously. Making broad sweeping statements based on questionable facts and personal observations does not bode well for your arguments.

Can you make a valid point besides just trying to constantly refute mine? The information I provided from Wikipedia isn't exactly top secret. Congress only budgets so many people of each paygrade to be in the military, so that easy to double check on, and Wikipedia is accurate.

Here's a CNN article about dropout rates. Is that official enough for you?

'High school dropout crisis' continues in U.S., study says - CNN

"Nearly 6.2 million students in the United States between the ages of 16 and 24 in 2007 dropped out of high school, fueling what a report released Tuesday called "a persistent high school dropout crisis."

The total represents 16 percent of all people in the United States in that age range in 2007. Most of the dropouts were Latino or black, according to a report by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Alternative Schools Network in Chicago, Illinois."