The US Military was one of the first equal opportunity employers and has been a major path for social mobility for generations of Americans of all backgrounds. 

Included here is a brochure for Educational Opportunities in the US Air Force (Including Air Force Technical Training Schools, Operation Bootstrap, the US Armed Forces Institute [USAFI], the Extension Course Institute [ECI], the Air Force Institute of Technology [AFIT], the Air Force Academy [for men only at that time], the Airman Education and Commissioning Program, Officer Training School and the Air Force ROTC) (from the US Air Force, 1964); and a brochure about education programs in the US Army (including the Enlisted Civil Schooling Program, the Degree Completion Program, the US Armed Forces Institute, and information about the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act) (from the US Army, 1971).