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From: davecb%yunexus@uunet.UU.NET (David Collier-Brown)
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Subject: Re: The Value of a Military Education
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Date: 3 Mar 90 06:08:26 GMT
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From: davecb%yunexus@uunet.UU.NET (David Collier-Brown)

ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm@uunet.UU.NET writes:
[discussion of good ROTC textbooks]
>It seems to me that these books reflect a course of education which must be
>of immense utility when applied to the problems of life in general.  But not
>having experienced this education, I realize I could be way off the mark.

>My question is:  is a military education a valuable thing?  Would such an
>education make a person well-qualified to, say, run a restaurant or a 
>hardware store?  Or would a military education be a slow and inefficient
>way to learn skills which could better be learned in some other way?

	Well, the most usefull thing for business I ever
	learned is the art of writing an "appreciation of
	the situation", which was taught to corporals (!)
	despite being documented in "Staff Duties in the
	Field" (a book for senior staff officers..)

--dave c-b

Ps:	Alas, I never had the opportunity to learn much else other than
	signals (:-)).  I'd happily trek down to the USofA and buy a good
	text or two from the ROTC ciriculum, but what are they called?  Does
	one find them at all universities or just the USAF Academy?  And can
	anyone suggest where I can order them from, to save a looooong
	trip...

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