Kinda makes sense though.

A lot of the “professional soldiers” are either kids trying to get some college money/first job or serving some required term. Nobody really gives a shit about soldiering, they’re just there until they can move on to something else.

And the officers I had been around seemed more interested in paper pushing projects than battlefield readiness.

I was in heavy mechanized units and 99% of my time was spent turning a wrench on ancient vehicles (I was not a mechanic) or cleaning up oil/fuel spills. We didn’t “train” for shit.