{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "wdym \"was\"? Do officers in the USA military no longer need university?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/675125267504709632/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>wdym \"was\"? Do officers in the USA military no longer need university?</p></div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/675124221820731392/\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>Well, with a degree you can also enlist directly as E-4, I&rsquo;m sure this&rsquo;ll be an issue next time we have a wartime draft and need more grunts than we have terminal HS grads</p></blockquote><p><p>The special forcesization of the US Army is unironically partially a product of pressure to create a ground combat role with enough autonomy to lure a college-educated recruit population to enlist for</p></p>"}