User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author-Hiatus Edition: Glynda Goodwitch/@comment-24994749-20150107063852/@comment-24891101-20150107065931

'Sfine. Languages and cultures are tricksy things.

I'd say, though, that the career path for being an officer and being a hunter is rather different. That is, Ironwood is not a hunter; he did not go to combat school; he went to a service academy, unless he's somehow a mustang, which means he's even older. I'm having difficulty seeing how Glynda makes the lateral transfer over from military bureaucracy to teaching combat, given she'd not have the required experience.

Note that my objections depend on Atlas' military functioning like a modern military, with distinct career tracks for enlisted and officers.