I believe two of these are naval aviators, and they would take exception with the “army” characterization.
But you’re generally correct. It’s very common that astronauts will not only have a military background, they frequently are active duty military officers on a long term detail to NASA.
The army is not well represented in the astronaut corps, because the US army only flies helicopters under an inter-branch coordination agreement.
Remember that most astronauts are from the army and trained to kill people.
I believe two of these are naval aviators, and they would take exception with the “army” characterization.
But you’re generally correct. It’s very common that astronauts will not only have a military background, they frequently are active duty military officers on a long term detail to NASA.
The army is not well represented in the astronaut corps, because the US army only flies helicopters under an inter-branch coordination agreement.
Just FYI the army also has other tasks such as the Army Corps of Engineers who built the panama canal.
Still trained to obey orders and to kill people