Report: Military sees 58% decline in black enlistees

Above: Army Major General Steven Hashem of the U.S. Special Operations Command swears in inductees at a stadium in Florida in June.African-Americans, whose longstanding relationship with the US military helped them prove their abilities and offered a way to get ahead, have turned away from the armed forces in record numbers since 2000, a period covering the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and