The study of educational and career aspirations of black youth who have grown up in a military environment (racially desegregated for almost two decades) was undertaken to provide a preview of gains that might result from wider desegregation. The researchers present portraits of the families of the children studied, discussing fathers' careers and the different rates of progress of black and white sergeants through the military ranks, and presenting information about family characteristics, particularly financial ability to support children's educational and career plans. A portrait of the children is provided by age, schooling, residence, foreign experience, and interracial activities, followed by a discussion of their views and their fathers' toward their interracial experiences. Three chapters are devoted to a discussion of the youths' educational and occupational aspirations. At a minimum, the findings show no deleterious consequences to enforced integration. At best, greater exposure to interracial experiences, though not a key factor in goal formulation, appears to have placed these black youth in a better position to further their career objectives. (AJ)