I'm sorry your comment is both disrespectful and very untrue!!! I know quite a few US Sailors and they are far from that. Being an ex-British sailor and thus an ex-Sailor, I would your comments are un-called for! There are allot of people that are very well educated and have left the services with Degrees and diplomas. You will also find that when it comes to the engineering side us engineers because of our experience get jobs very quickly over those that went through college! LOL