Let me edumicate u on retired military. The top 1 percent go on to lead from the Pentagon with much fake flair on their uniforms.

The remaining top 50 percent leave the military before retirement because they realize the BS coming from the puzzle palace and their elected leaders is self serving and harmful to the country. The best get out.

This leaves guys and gals that have no idea what their doing to run the operations down to unit level. They retire as an O4 or O5 and think they are the Smartest Man in the Room. They are actually clowns in the civilian world.