Stars Earn Stripes.... WTF?

[LuckyNumbrXIII]

I know civilians can do various things to get a taste of military life. It's probably something like that. Like, I don't see them being sent to Parris Island for 11 weeks and becoming a marine. But maybe doing some of the challenges that the military would give you to earn a medal, just to see how badly they do. And to see if any of them can surprise us with their actual competence. Moreso the former than the latter.