In places I've worked, an Honorable Discharge looked pretty good on a resume, particularly in aerospace.
Some of our hottest engineers came out of a military background.
Your low opinion of MBAs is pretty widespread, particularly among the entrepreneurial set.
A lot of my friends can't say the words "Harvard MBA" without reflexively spitting on the ground. I won't go into specific histories.
So much of our talent in the nuclear industry is disappearing. I've heard that even if we start building new plants we'll have to outsource a lot of it.
The "old guys" in the space industry are disappearing, too. Thank God the private space companies are picking up a lot of what NASA's leaving behind.
BTW, did you know you can get the complete MAD magazine on disc? My wife gave it to me as a present last year.