It hurts how much this applies to the military. Smart/hard workers/risk takers get out. Dumb/lazy/cowards stay in, get promoted and end up in charge.
The only exceptions are the 10 percent of people who are trying to "change it from the inside". Generally you can tell them apart from the rest because they are usually angry, look older than they are, and stay sitting in mid level positions to retirement.
I've heard the issue is that higher iqs tend to leave the force. I think we'd need to address ways to entice them to stay.
Yep, they either see it's corrupt and hopeless, or they're just kept out in the first place or prevented from advancing by Affirmative Action.
Dieworsity is our greatest weakness.
It hurts how much this applies to the military. Smart/hard workers/risk takers get out. Dumb/lazy/cowards stay in, get promoted and end up in charge.
The only exceptions are the 10 percent of people who are trying to "change it from the inside". Generally you can tell them apart from the rest because they are usually angry, look older than they are, and stay sitting in mid level positions to retirement.