BTW, as a manager at a telecom manufacturing company, I once hired a clutch of young Marines that were all mustering out at the same time... 4 or 5 of them. I watched 2 of them hack through the firmware password of a Sparc 5 in about 7 minutes. Dummies don't do that.
They were some of the best employees I had.
You just had to be careful about expressing your desires, or the division director would be complaining to you about hi-jacked equipment and offices. ;) But they sure could get things done.
/johnny
Amen! Marines are damn sharp!
I was working on some Sigint/Elint systems for the Army and the Marines.
The army guys were intelligent, but seemed very limited in problem solving or ambition.
The Marine guys were immediately like, Can we run this thing on the move at 70 mph in the dark with night vision?
And I would be like.. Lets find out!
I hope the USMC doesn’t go Galt. Least likely due to integrity, most likely due to ability.