<<<It happens, and the services should be flexible enough to allow these people an opportunity to serve.>>>
The US Military does a superb job in HR management. A High School education is only one of the things they look at. But, having a high school education tells you a lot about a person - maybe not having a high school education tells a lot more about a person. In this day and age, not having a high education tells you that this person is not a conventional type of person - perhaps lacking in intelligence, diligence, discipline, or wanting to go along with the system.
Beyond that the military makes everyone go through a battery of tests. One of them, is really a disquised IQ test. That is a tremendous indicator of a persons ability to learn - but of course having the ability to learn and wanting to learn is two different things.
Finally, the Armed Forces has a battery of apptitude tests. If you have an aptitude in something, generally it means that you have had some interest in that area.
The military tries to fit people into the areas they want to go into.
Only about 1 in 10 end up with a rifle and go to the front lines. Believe it or not there are many that volunteer to go that route.
Even there, generally speaking, the best soldiers are those that score the best on an index called General Technical. IMO opinion, that is a disquised IQ test.
IMO, our military is the best in the world. It is a matter of how to utilize this tremendous resource that is in question. |
