Results of Extensive Common-Senseologists' Research.

After years of delicate research, Common-Senseologists were able to find a link between a person's pay grade and the amount of common sense they possess. As you can see, an E-1 has plenty of common sense, but once you start diving into the higher officer paygrades, you start finding officers who want to do things such as engrave the Warrior Ethos onto a ballpoint pen, etc.