system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:What are the actual jobs of high ranking people in the armed forces? Generals, majors, colonels, etc.
gpt
They are managers. Money, manpower, etc. The higher the rank, the more you become a politician and the further you are away from the reality of "boots on ground" or "bombs on target", just like the civilian world.