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Article #619878Re: Squaddies as software engineers?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:22
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:22
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AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: > On 23/01/2018 23:21, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: >> Hardly. >> >> Free thinking creativity is not in the mindset of the squaddie. > > For front line troops whose job is to run headlong into gunfire may > require blind obedience but the other armed forces, particularly those > who operate in a support role then there are a lot of clever, innovative > people out there. These days, I understand, there's no more "running headlong into gunfire" except in special circumstances. WW I days of massed attacks are long gone. Troops are expected to think for themselves. > > One of my personal heroes was a rear admiral in the US navy and was the > oldest serving woman in the US Navy at one time, Grace Hopper. There is > no way on earth you could say that she was not a free thinking creative. > > Andy > -- Pete
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