Comment by majewsky

> That means anyone "old" (over 40) and doing corp mgmt was probably also a military officer.

Absolutely not. It was very common in Germany to deny military service and instead do a year of civil service as a replacement. Also, there were several exceptions from the """mandatory""" military service. I have two brothers who had served, so all I did was tick a checkbox and I was done with the topic of military service.