Okay seriously, if you're going to make complaints, at least be correct.
The only branch we know practices enlisted-to-office only is the MI. The Navy does not, as Carmen goes straight to officer without being enlisted. It's an MI thing, not a Service in general thing.
The Navy is not female-only. The MI is male-only, but they're a ground-pounder force with strict physical standards. 99% of women wouldn't be able to make it through MI boot.
As to Rico's father, he appears to have made either corporal or sergeant straight out of boot, unlike Rico himself. Rico explicitly notes that his father would have managed to not make the same screw-ups he did in training which got his training stripes yanked. His father made platoon sergeant fast, and likely could have taken OCS... but it seems obvious he wanted to stay with his son, and thus would have turned it down.
People really need to remember that Starship Troopers is very narrowly-focused on Rico & his journey, and does not actually give a good view of the entire Federal Service.
The only branch we know practices enlisted-to-office only is the MI. The Navy does not, as Carmen goes straight to officer without being enlisted. It's an MI thing, not a Service in general thing.
The Navy is not female-only. The MI is male-only, but they're a ground-pounder force with strict physical standards. 99% of women wouldn't be able to make it through MI boot.
As to Rico's father, he appears to have made either corporal or sergeant straight out of boot, unlike Rico himself. Rico explicitly notes that his father would have managed to not make the same screw-ups he did in training which got his training stripes yanked. His father made platoon sergeant fast, and likely could have taken OCS... but it seems obvious he wanted to stay with his son, and thus would have turned it down.
People really need to remember that Starship Troopers is very narrowly-focused on Rico & his journey, and does not actually give a good view of the entire Federal Service.