The candidate surely has a better way of saying it (because I wasn't in the military at any point of my life), but I was making a point about how every claim needs a benchmark.

@@MConsultingPrep Not only are your corrections subjective, the need for benchmarks to qualify such statements, particularly relating to military or national service, is overdone.

​@@EmsThaBreaks441 Point taken - the way that part was corrected wasn't ideal. Thanks for pointing it out.

@@MConsultingPrep As KZfaqr Ryan McBeth notes, as only 5% of the US population has actually served in the military - this tends to be a problem when non military persons are assessing matters. With compulsory military service in Israel, the situation is different, as presumably the situation is around the world. Which gets us to the ideal example of military service in a resume - JFK's. Ordinarily, JFK would not have served in the military outside war - he only was allowed to serve through his Father's influence (IMO) given his health issues. Militarily some have criticised his role in allowing PT 109 to be rammed in the mist. Undoubtedly, he earned his Medal of Honour for actions taken to rescue the surviving crew. JFK only started to joke about this experience of being a war hero after he was successful, in that he allowed his boat to be rammed while attempting a torpedo shot, as some accounts say. No doubt, a McKinsey resume would just reference his Medal of Honour, as opposed to the lurid stories put forward by Old Joe. When looking to metrics and benchmarks, his career is not so stellar - first command sunk and two crew members lost initially. Equally, an ordinary CO might not have received a medal. With this candidate, her leadership role is not to be discounted - even if there is the suggestion that her prior academic achievements meant she was assigned lieutenant / command, the peace time situation meaning that the degree of attainment possible in wartime is perhaps unrealistic. I should not need to quote pamphlets such as Michael Power's The Audit Explosion for the problems in trying to apply business techniques to professional problems or careers. What should a person with a medical degree transitioning to management put down in terms of benchmarks? Further you criticise the security role on a cruise ship that this applicant has taken - while it might be thought that this position is the equivalent of flipping burgers or working as Paul Blart Mall Cop type role (the Wonder Woman 1984 film featuring Gal Gadot, a former IDF PT instructor that featured a scene in a US mall might be more relevant), while perhaps somewhat of a lower priority position (but not as low as the Customer Service Dispute Resolution position mentioned that you said should be included as opposed to this role), since the case of the Achille Lauro, one cannot say it is not a junk position that should be left out. While a small aspect of the resume, equally the absence of military experience amongst hiring managers (I presume people in those positions have moved beyond the Vietnam era) does raise some questions, particularly as to how those aspects should now be phrased. (Even outside a Consulting context, I have heard that military cooks - for example - do not have the same type of imagination etcetera required for private sector roles outside high end restaurants, which suggests that there is a touch of a divide in contemporary HR). I recognise you might not have that experience but equally HR might not as well. How does one bridge the gap?