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Most generals I talk to make some dumb LOTR reference at some point. It’s infused in US military officer culture.

Also, “The Cyber”.

These guys are all poli sci and religion majors who know more about fantasy movies than the commands they are assigned.

We really need to nuke our defense budget from orbit, starting with the officer corps, which is full of cowards, incompetents, and grifters.

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As a counterpoint, the officers I know are critical thinkers, realists, and generally very capable people.

As a former infantryman, the officers I knew were about evenly split between these types and football players who clearly had a lot of help with their coursework.

Angry Staff Officer has written about LotR a bit: https://angrystaffofficer.com/2019/10/20/warfighter-helms-de...

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