re: #50 Targetpractice

Eh, not really. The bulk of those who signed up for federal service did so in whatever career was felt useful, even if that meant you spent 5 years as a janitor or a filing clerk. Only a small fraction of those who applied ended up as military grunts.

And most of the people in the Federation’s military still wouldn’t be combat troops. The combat element of a military is normally a third of its personnel strength at most.