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[–] echodot@feddit.uk -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes I do know that's why I said "on average". Your average military person is not going to have civilian skills obviously some will but a lot will be ex combat.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your average military person is in a non combat position. The US military is not a bunch of guns with a few people behind the lines. It is the biggest logistics company in the world who happens to also have a few guns. Yeah you are right that pointy spear people tend to not do well in mundane jobs, but most military personnel are not pointy spear people.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There's a reason the operational/combat are considered the "tip of the spear." It's because the vast majority consist of the shaft that supports it.