Their qualification program is similar, but the Direct Input Limited Duty Officers recruited straight to instructor duty typically take over a single subject of

Their qualification program is similar, but the Direct Input Limited Duty Officers recruited straight to instructor duty typically take over a single subject of classroom instruction and aren't expected to fully understand all subjects in the entire qualification process. More saliently, the nuclear pipeline is not made up of "the best". It is ubiquitously composed of academic rejects. College dropouts, "smart but lazy"s, clever misfits, and a few enterprising criminals. The kind of unfulfilled talent that comes a dime a dozen. The Navy learned that with enough discipline and a tolerance for high washout rates, you can get "greatness" for pennies on the dollar by making it yourself from the raw cuttings left behind by America's higher education system.