“Right, for the regulations ~ officers are hired on to read those things. On the other hand, for highly important work, e.g. tracked vehicle maintenance, the Army issues comic books!”
Well, I’ve read many of those as well. They’re presented in an easy-to-understand format and the info STICKS, so they serve their purpose. What vehicle do you need fixed? I could most likely still do it, LOL! Need your rifle cleaned? I’m your gal! :)
Not everyone I met in the military was super-smart, but they were FAR from being the “cannon fodder” that the Left paints us to be. Granted, some come from pretty poor backgrounds where education beyond the very basics is not valued, but their military “home” and “family” makes a world of difference in their lives.
I highly recommend The Life to anyone that has a sense of adventure and doesn’t know what they exactly want to be when they grow up. I joined at 17 and I’m a boring white chick from a middle-class background. I didn’t NEED to go into the military; I had scholarships lined up around the block for college. (The military paid for my education along the way.) I retired an E-7 (Sergeant First Class) with my Certificate of Eligibility to be a Warrant Officer, but I elected to retire before the position I wanted, and worked toward, opened up. Besides, the Clintons were running the show and they were p*ssing many of us off. They destroyed the military, but that’s a rant for another day. (I became a wife and step-Mom at age 35, two years before I retired.)
I wanted to see the world and do something USEFUL for others...and I didn’t want to be a nurse or a teacher, or a hairdresser or any of the other “jobs” open to a woman in the 1970’s.
And that’s why I read military comic books as well as regulations. ;)
Then there were the guys developing the portable PC for field combat use ~
All of these people were highly motivated, patriotic beyond doubt, and truly concerned for the welfare of the troops who were going to follow their directions or use their software.
The best of folks.