> The Military primarily selects for Obedience. The people pick the wars (well, their elected leaders do), the soldiers and sailors fight them. And believe me,

> The Military primarily selects for Obedience. The people pick the wars (well, their elected leaders do), the soldiers and sailors fight them. And believe me, you don't want blind obedience at any level in the military. Blind obedience is a very, very bad thing and it will lose wars. You want loyalty, which sometimes requires disobedience (e.g. tell the captain no when he wants to turn into an undersea mountain) to work.