Quote Originally Posted by William F. Owen View Post
Having said that, most of the complete garbage military thought has recently produced came from PhD equipped officers.

I think Officer education is absolutely vital, but a PhD is not synonymous, or in any way relevant to the operational skill and practice we need.
And how can we be sure that those same individuals wouldn't have produced garbage without the PhD? Sorry, but I don't necessarily see a connection. PhDs often allow idiots to hide their stupid ideas behind bigger words, but that's it. There was also a time when the higher service education programs were maligned as being form-fitting trade schools with no real-world application.