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Article #619882Re: Squaddies as software engineers?
From: Dave Garland
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:23
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:23
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On 1/24/2018 2:16 AM, AndyW 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. > > 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. I'm not sure anyone has ever characterized Grace. Hopper as a "squaddie" before.
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