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Originally Posted by 60_Driver
Few medical doctors or archaeologists pursue degrees in international finance because the subject has little bearing on their respective fields and offers little in the way of improving their performance.
Career members of our present volunteer "professional" military are supposed to be just that...military professionals. This implies a dedication to the study of fields useful to the management of violence and the winning of wars.
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I would counter that few doctors or archaeologists are often asked to perform a task well-outside their specialty, say for example a combat engineer officer acting as a town mayor, or an infantryman re-establishing the basic infrastructure to provide electricity to a village. Before you tell me those examples fall within the scope of Civil Affairs, remember how 'available' CA teams are for a specific project when there are thousands of projects requiring assistance.
Limiting one's self to only the "management of violence and the winning of wars" creates a one-trick pony with little ability to adapt to changing environments, such as those found in counterinsurgencies.
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