Those are a couple of people within a much larger team.
Ranging from 19-24.
Much larger? How much larger? I thought it was a pretty small group.
I wouldn't trust my teenager with a "large" team of people in control of the federal payments system.
But we trust them with billions in military hardware and defending the nation.
I mean, not individually.
After super intensive training and supported by an ultra-regimented social and technological infrastructure?
No we don't. They get small arms. Fighter jets, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and the like are commanded by much older and experienced people. An M16 is not "billions in military hardware."