Um... no career military man is rich. My father served as an Officer for 23 years. With Hazard pay, flight pay, and as an XO of a base of 30k people below him he got paid $50k. I make more than that with my first job out of college.
Oh yeah, and if you want to point out graduating at the bottom of classes.... look at our country's history. Grant, Admiral Bull Halsey, Stonewall Jackson, etc all graduated at the bottom of their class. Hell Carter finished 7% of his class and we see how crappy of a Presidency he had.
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