The services haven't had Infosec personnel long enough to really have many senior people with that background. So they pick from the pool of people who need de

The services haven't had Infosec personnel long enough to really have many senior people with that background. So they pick from the pool of people who need desk jobs - like grounded pilots. The vast majority of infosec leadership in the services that I've encountered has been grounded pilots. It goes as well as it sounds like it would.