However while you might be a green shield flt lt it does not follow that you will make sqn ldr unless that degree actually taught you something.
Ah, I anticipated that all the "I attended the university of life" posters would be along to attack that post. But tell me, if graduating from a decent university is worth nothing to the Services as you appear to be implying, then why do the Services pay cadets to go to university? And why do the US military go even further and pay for their officers to do PhDs? And if all the best private sector employers compete for the best graduates in the job market, don't you think that the Services should also be trying to get the best graduates too? Or do you think that there is something different about a career in the services that means that the Services do not need graduates?