Battlefield Promotion.

I'm not a fan of The Apprentice. But the folks at the Lucas Group apparently are. The Atlanta-based executive search firm, which specializes in helping military personnel make the transition to the private sector, put out a press release today noting that Kelly Perdew, last night's winner of the latest edition of the show, had a leg up on the competition because of his military background. (Perdew is a West Point graduate and former Army intelligence officer.) I wouldn't know if military service was decisive for Perdew, since the only part of the show I've seen all year was about two minutes of last night's three-hour finale. But in that two minutes, I did see Perdew's former commanding officer tell Donald Trump he "would be remiss" not to hire Perdew. How many people get away with talking to the Donald like that? (Thanks to GovExec's George Cahlink for this one.)