I have a tough time believing any of these "military experts." Just because you were an O-5 doesn't make you an expert. Fox has a very attractive ex-hornet pilot who can explain things from the perspective of a Navy pilot, but outside that realm who knows if she is right. My BS meter immediately gets pegged if the guy's background is military intelligence. A lot of those people are idiots and try to twist a career of looking at other people's products into some James Bond persona.
Anybody can make O-5. I did.