There is Stupid, Wicked Stupid, and US Army Stupid

And in the annals of stupid things said by Generals, it appears that the US Army is considering exempting cyber warfare recruits from combat training:

New US Army cyber warriors could be spared the rigours of combat training to help the Pentagon attract badly needed recruits from the ponytail wearing Google generation, a top American general has suggested.

Lt Gen Robert Brown said the US Army had to recruit people who were not typical candidates for a military career if it was to attract the right skills to wage cyber war.

This is a naked attempt to gbrab cyber security budget dollars.

Some of the proposals listed later in the article, such as not mindlessly rotating soldiers through different responsibilities and allowing them to accumulate technical expertise, make some sense, but if they are not combat trained, they are Pentagon employees, not soldiers.