This has all the historical overtones of McNamara's Morons [1], and those guys were far more likely to get killed or seriously injured in combat, basically beca

This has all the historical overtones of McNamara's Morons [1], and those guys were far more likely to get killed or seriously injured in combat, basically because they were too dumb to process events quickly enough under pressure. While having (or not having) a high school diploma isn't necessarily a measure of intelligence, or lack thereof, it's a good enough proxy. I just hope anyone calling in an artillery strike in any future conflict can read a map first. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000