Respectfully, you’ll have to try a little harder than that to “dash my claim to smithereens”. I’ll offer the following for your consideration.

Clearly, you know nothing about the military. I was an army Officer and a West Point Cadet. and the military is currently one of the most progressive, egalitarian institutions on the planet.

This is incorrect. Athena is the symbol you are thinking of. She’s the goddes of Wisdom and War Strategy, among other things. https://www.usamilitarymedals.com/products/us-mi…