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Silicon Valley Executives Join the Army as Officers. The men will get to skip the usual process of taking a Direct Commissioning Course and won’t need to complete the Army Fitness Test. (gizmodo.com)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm just thinking about how various European militaries used to give dipshit aristocrats officer commissions back in the day, until they got curb-stomped by Napoleon or whoever and figured out it wasn't such a great idea.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not generally given, bought. You used to buy your commission in the military, and yes it went exactly as you'd think buying merit goes.