For sake of analogy, I simplified. There are many pathways up the ranks, and the general of today may not ever engage in a theatre of war depending on country.

For sake of analogy, I simplified. There are many pathways up the ranks, and the general of today may not ever engage in a theatre of war depending on country. Experience however, does contribute to one's station -- whether basic training, joint exercises or in inopportune times, the battlefield.