[cynicom]

robo....

The military mindset has changed little in a hundred years from it's treatment of enlisted personell. Out of one side of its's mouth it speaks of the "modern" military, out of the other side, it spews the old class system. I sometimes wonder how they keep any long term people at all.

[Stingray51]

That's not true at all. The US is about as egalitarian as it can get and still preserve any degree of efficiency. My guess is that the officers were stuck on site just like the troops. That is not a class system. Yes, the military does require a rank structure and a chain of command. You are not suggesting the troops should have a union like the Dutch Army does, are you?