Quote Originally Posted by Red Rat View Post
There is no requirement to have a degree in order to get commissioned in the British Armed Forces, although the majority do now have a degree.
During the 1990s in the U.S. Army having a master's degree seemed to be a prerequisite for being promoted to major. I don't know whether the same thing is true today.

The thing I can't understand about this situation is that there seems to be an inverse relationship between the number of people having advanced degrees in a specialty or profession and the quality of that particular career field in the U.S. today. The quality of American industries and businesses seems to have gotten worse with every MBA that is awarded to an individual who is then hired. Our kids in school seem to get dumber and even more stupider as the number of teachers having master's degrees in education increases.

I don't know, maybe it's just me.