'Uncle Sam wants you — unless you're 71% of youths'

"More than two-thirds of America's youth would fail to qualify for military service because of physical, behavioral or educational shortcomings," Miriam Jordan reports in The Wall Street Journal.

About a quarter of high-school graduates also can't pass the Armed Forces Qualification Test, which measures math and reading skills, Gen. [Allen] Youngman said. "They aren't educationally qualified to join the military in any capacity, not just the high-tech jobs," he said.