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This is most noticeable when you start looking at the generational breakdown of our population. In March, Pew released their most recent breakdowns of veterans: of male Baby Boomers, 21 percent are veterans; for Gen X-ers, it's just 8 percent of men. And only 3 percent of males in the millennial generation enlist.
To get a better sense of changing attitudes about military service, Paige Phelps spoke with three generations of veterans to capture their views on finding themselves in such a small — and shrinking — minority.