Actually the older peace time pilots like Kliess were extremely well trained - it was the more recent pilots that had joined after 1938 that found their flight training shortened. Kliess had over 800 hours of training while many other pilots in his group that day had around 500 hours.
The Navy (and Air Force) eventually learned that no matter the training only a small percentage of pilots had the aggressive nature to go out into combat and get themselves some. In WW2 the number is like 1% of the pilots accounted for almost half the kills - over half the fighter pilots that saw combat never fired a shot. Eventually psychological screenings were used to make sure only the most aggressive were made combat pilots - no point in issuing an expensive airplane to someone that wasn't going to use it.
In WW2 only 20-25 percent of America's front line combat soldiers actually fired shots at the enemy - the rest were taking up space. This percentage was similar to other nations and US history in general (WW1 and Civil War) - especially when conscripted troops were involved. In Korea the rate increased to 55% and Vietnam with a higher percentage of troops being volunteers the rate willing to shoot to kill was increased to near 90%.
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