They can only move up to a certain point. To make it to the senior enlisted ranks it is now proven very difficult without any college. To advance as a senior enlisted; you won't without a bachelors degree or higher. Very few are the excepiton, but no H.S. dropout will ever make First Sergeant or Command Sergeant Major.
To be an Officer it is a pre-requisite to have a college degree.
If H.S. was too much of a pain in the a$$ to them, do you really think they have what it takes to advance in the military? All of the standards for advancement both written and unwritten have changed since the Vietnam era.
They can only move up to a certain point. To make it to the senior enlisted ranks it is now proven very difficult without any college. To advance as a senior enlisted; you won't without a bachelors degree or higher. Very few are the excepiton, but no H.S. dropout will ever make First Sergeant or Command Sergeant Major.
To be an Officer it is a pre-requisite to have a college degree.
If H.S. was too much of a pain in the a$$ to them, do you really think they have what it takes to advance in the military? All of the standards for advancement both written and unwritten have changed since the Vietnam era.