What's the Difference Between a General and a Civilian?

I think it's fair to that the bulk of the conservative republican national security establishment simply refused to be uit. Least on the campaign they said that they werent interested and they were against trump. And then some of them became more interested after he wen the presidency. But then the trump team just seemed completely uninterested. So in that light, given that thereas very little talent me, was it wrong for mattis and kelly and mc master to take these jobs? Would you go that far, or would you just say that its i don't think it was wrong any more than it was wrong for colon powell to serve as george bush's secretary of state?"