A recurring complaint made by Army generals in WWII was that the then glamourous Navy was poaching all the highest quality men and they were left with the cretins. As a sample of the best, consider US presidents: JFK, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Bush all served in the Navy.
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The old aristocratic prestige of naval officers seems strange now, I think largely because war movies have made more exciting, face to face killing seem so much more prestigious. Of all Pres candidates since the war only Dole was a genuine blood and guts infantry hero.
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Isn’t it more that the Falklands War showed that modern naval combat will be a half-hour long with everyone dead?
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The mortality rate on WWII ships were also disastrous and deaths hellish, so I doubt it. I really think it's movies: Tom Hank's Greyhound is a rare recent example of a conventional naval officer portrayed heroically. Submariners with their piratical vibe are still sexy.
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