Originally Posted by 300SMK

This is spot on. The military veterans are changing as well. Most are combat veterans and have seen more than their share of group think, stupid orders and dirty politics. Combat hones critical thinking skills because the environment is seldom predictabke. There will be a huge difference between a Navy Hornet driver with three or four deployments to the ME leaving at 12 years vs the career peacetime-- win the war carrying one bomb-- type guy that had to master politics above all else.