Not to long ago I read a meme that said, "The only difference between a private and a 2nd lieutenant is a bachelors degree."
I grew up in the military. My father was career enlisted. From the time I was born until I graduated high school, I lived on or near the bases. I saw first hand the effects a good officer and NCO could have. I also saw the damage poor ones quickly cause.
For some reason, society has accepted that, with few exceptions, officers must come from the educated class. Yet the best officers I saw, the ones the guys I spent time with respected, were the mustangs. Not just because they were prior enlised, but because they knew exactly what effect their decisions would have on the men. Sometimes the mission means everyone just has to suck it up, but the rest of the time, keeping the chickenshit to a minimum was not only appreciated, but more importantly, noticed.
The damage liberalism has caused has been going on for decades. It is institutional now. The woke nonsense just put the destruction into overdrive. Fags, trannies, racists, general incompetence of every order - all promoted into positions of command and influence. Once imbedded, it's almost impossible to get rid of them. They're dug in like an Alabama tic, watching out for, and promoting, similiarly mentally ill individuals, thus perpetuating the problem.
Firing all of them isn't an option. But changing the acceptance is. After Trump is sworn in, I believe there's going to be mass resignations and firings across all areas of gov't, including the military. This is an opportunity though. Stop accepting the corrupted, indoctrinated college class directly into the officer corps, and mandate promotion from the ranks. 4-6 years as an enlisted soldier/sailor/airman is more than enough time to earn a bachelors degree through the various training and education options currently available to those serving. And for specialty or advanced degrees, like doctors or PhD's, after their enlistment is up the GI bill will help pay for it before they come back and commission.
Will this solve all the problems with the officer corps? No. But it will seriously blunt the damage currently being done, and over the next generation, help clean up the mess.
In theory it makes sense that the "educated" would become officers although in function I don't know how much decisionmaking most officers actually do in the modern war world.
The presumption was that education wouldn't be bastardized like it is today too.
I think vetting is an issue (or maybe too much vetting is the issue from a certain point of view) and you shouldn't get less of a shot or no shot at all if you prove yourself in other ways.
I do believe that there is too much corruption in their ranks, but I won't advocate for throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
We have had restrictions made too lax everywhere else, after all.
That made sense back in WWI and prior days. Now, to progress in your career as a noncommissioned officer, you need professional development which usually involves at least 1 college degree.
The officer corps really is about woke indoctrination now more than being the smartest bunch to lead service members.