That's not a realistic way of thinking about it. From multiple angles. Back of the envelope math: there are about 26,000 sailors staffing the nation's aircraft

That's not a realistic way of thinking about it. From multiple angles. Back of the envelope math: there are about 26,000 sailors staffing the nation's aircraft carriers. Let's round it up to 50,000 to account for the folks who build them, admin, etc. That's 0.03% of the available workforce. It's not a remotely significant reason why our school system isn't great. Additionally, the demographic of people who build and serve on aircraft carriers likely does not overlap significantly with the people who would otherwise be staffing schools.