Great point. I too worked for my (3) college degrees part time over 20+ years while I was in the Air Force.
On the other hand, Bush DID go to Harvard AND Yale and meanwhile people like Martin Sheen were bashing him and calling him stupid and when you look into Sheen’s education...well there wasn’t any to speak of...dropped out of H.S. IIRC.
Education doesn’t always equate with intelligence. And frankly, I’ll take my education over 3 continents and as many decades to Yale any day!
Props to your military service, sir. My daddy was career Marine Corps.
I was turned down because of a minor heart condition. If I had made it into the Navy, how life would have turned out different for me!