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Military discipline developed from the necessity of training reliable soldiers who don't question critical orders.

Military discipline was a necessity to get a company, a battalion, and larger units to work together at all. Strict organization is necessity as chaos is unmanageable with traditional communication means.

Modern organizations have moved on from rigid, hierarchal organizational models to network-centric models. Even military organizations have moved to this direction (discipline and military courtesy is still maintained).

Success is hard to measure, but Israel's high tech industry is some indication of the benefits of military discipline.

High tech industry has been proved to benefit from military funding. Israel spends larger portion of its GDP to (military) R&D than any other nation.