Ha! I spent 22 years in the military and am now a college professor. I will be the first to tell you that the most pampered, spoiled people in the world work in Academia. They also have the easiest jobs, but they imagine they have the hardest. I hear my colleagues gripe about the workload, but I roll my eyes when they aren’t looking. These people have the highest quality of life in the world—and then they have the gaul to whine about it. Unbelievable.
Yes, and now they are often the most out of touch with reality of any profession.
When I attended West Texas State University (school of business) in 1966-1970 the dean of the business school was from Arizona State and his preferred business & economics professors were "retired" Army Colonels.
The head of the economics department at the time was Colonel Muir (he did not want to be called Dr. Muir). hee hee hee