Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

Maureen Dowd
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Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military. In an interview with former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, he said that there is a disconnect between the military and civilians that makes it difficult to form a good rapport. This is because the military guys were raised by a father figure who was a soldier, and many of them have a hard time understanding the needs of civilians.

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