I'm a university student who has an assignment to create an article (or improve a stub) in sociology.

Before this assignment I never edited Wikipedia beyond correcting a couple typos anonymously so I'm still very much learning how to use the correct format for articles and learning how to write an encyclopedic article. Any knowledge about formating you can share would be very much appreciated! On the same token, I'm not an expert in either sociology or the military and I welcome any light others can shed on the topic.