On a related tangent, one interesting statistic I've seen is that the Air Force has the most intelligent enlisted, but the Navy has the most intelligent officer

On a related tangent, one interesting statistic I've seen is that the Air Force has the most intelligent enlisted, but the Navy has the most intelligent officers. In line with Glass' idea, this makes sense b/c the Air Force is the one military branch where the officers are the ones put in harms way. So, the enlisted both don't have to risk their lives, and they don't have to worry about red tape. Thus, the smartest people in the Air Force are probably in the enlisted, which is why it is said the chief master sergeants (some of the smartest enlisted) run the show.