[lgvincent]

I agree. Most of the positions in the military do not involve front-line combat. The vast majority of them are in support positions. I tried for several years to serve in some branch of the military but was never able to make any headway. The government, like most large corporations is very bureaucratic in its approach to doing anything. Most organizations are created to serve a need but over time they generate so many rules that they only function to serve the rules. It's very frustrating. People are afraid to try something different, simply because it's never been done before. They are rewarded for following the rules and punished for being innovative or creative. I hope things work out for you but I believe you'd have an easier task of raising the Bismarck from the depths of the ocean than getting someone in a bureaucracy to think, it's not what they are paid to do.