Interesting tidbit about the upcoming U.S. Presidential election from Tom Raum of the AP:

The race between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney marks the first time since World War II that neither major-party candidate has had any military experience.

I suspect this will become much more common in the future. The draft ended in the U.S. in 1973, thirty-eight years ago, so we’re very near the point where future candidates will not have been of age before the draft ended or will not have been born at all.