specifically right now/recently. what are the recruitment paths, who do they draw? has it changed much? how different is the officers' disposition from the enlisted?
im reading about the Grande Armeé rn so naturally im curious about existing systems
specifically right now/recently. what are the recruitment paths, who do they draw? has it changed much? how different is the officers' disposition from the enlisted?
im reading about the Grande Armeé rn so naturally im curious about existing systems
that is kind of what i'm thinking about. the Revolution provided this unique opportunity for a bunch of assholes who would have languished in the low officer-ranks to become the leaders, and it blew the whole of europe out of the damn water. now, both the soviet union and modern china did do the direct-to-officer education, so maybe i'm missing something (and i defeinitely agree that the military is something that ought to have a hierarchy in it)
but i can't shake the impression that all the troops should probably be trained for basic administration (NCO-equivalent) and then the stand-outs who are actually good at it can be selected and further trained. but maybe it takes a long ass time to forge a good officer and the time just isn't there if we want them relatively young, i really don't know