Mr. Walker, would you say then that there's value, when we're recruiting, in telling people what their opportunities are with these jobs later and what civilian equivalency might look like?
Take a look at a particular trade. I was a lineman. If someone sees that the average time of service for a lineman is, let's say, 15 years, and they're going to reach.... It's a small trade, and sergeant is the most common rank that they retire out at. Should we draw a straight line at recruiting to show that most soldiers find post-military employment in this field?
To build on to that, when we look at college diplomas right now, there are lots of schools that also say that if you complete this diploma, you can apply it through a PLAR to a different university and then only need to complete one additional year of schooling.
You can leave as a sergeant from the line trade and, by only taking this six-month upgrading, which is covered by your release benefits, then you'd have employment and the salary range would be x. Should we be that forward thinking so it isn't something they're trying to build during their career but, in fact, is something that we've already developed for them?