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featuring Joe Glenton and discussing the British Army. And just a reminder, we've also unlocked

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being a trash future listener, and I hope you enjoy. Something I was going to point out about the

officer enlisted divide is that I think really the kind of culture around it in America

comes from the fact that, you know,

for the long time, America didn't have an active duty army officer corps that was not graduates

of the West Point, the military academy at West Point. But the way you get into West Point is by

being appointed, you know, by, recommended by your elected representative.

So, you know, like every congressperson can send one person, I think, per year. And then each senator can send one and then the governor and that kind of a thing. And so...

Imagine being put under the command of the officer sent there by Jess Phillips. Yeah. I mean, so basically, I don't know how it works here, but, but what that creates

is you have situations where, like, you know, a general like Omar Bradley, for example, from,

who was, you know, of World War II fame was just like this plow boy from fucking Kansas or

Nebraska, I think, who just was like a pretty good student and wanted to be in the army. And, you know, in like 1909, applied, wrote his congressman,

you know, like, you know, who's probably like weird 19th century name, like dear congressman

Fernando Sheridan or something like that. I want to go to West Point. So he did. And like he,

you know, Bradley famously like never smiled in his photos because he got his teeth knocked out

in a car accident when he was in his

20s like he was absolutely extremely country and then he goes on to be you know a very senior

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