• Question: what made oyu leave the military and become a research and teaching fellow?

    Asked by hannahmvnich to Drew on 9 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by kitana356, emmajane.
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      Drew Rae answered on 9 Jun 2011:

      I was never actually “in the military” in the sense of wearing a uniform. Most of the people who work for the Department of Defence or the MOD are actually just like other public servants. Being a uniformed service-person is something different and special.

      The reason I left was that there were lots of things that were being done badly, and people were too busy doing work that needed doing to make the whole system work better. The great thing about working at a university is you have time to try to fix big problems instead of “fighting fires”.

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