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Decline of Senior Officer Integrity and Civilian Control of the Military
Real Clear Investigations ^
| May 08, 2024
| Keith T. Holcomb
Posted on 05/08/2024 5:20:23 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:20:23 PM PDT
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george76
To: george76
Augean Stables - get rid of half of the Admirals and Generals.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:30:59 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: george76
The one that wears a dog mask should be cashiered and sent to the brig.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:32:05 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("God grant I don't outlive my wits.")
To: george76
Decline of Senior Officer Integrity I can personally vouch for this. I saw it during my time in the military, and I saw it at the base I worked at until my retirement last year. Granted, yes, there are still many officers who are very principled and have integrity, but they are getting fewer and fewer in numbers.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: george76
To: george76
"In short, it is past time for senior officers to forego their increasing addiction to the power opiate of clever narratives and work to present full and balanced representations of the issues at hand. Absent immediate internal reform by the Department of Defense, civilian leaders will increasingly have to turn, just as they have with other federal agencies, to independent investigations to gain a more complete understanding of national security issues."IMHO is not possible to turn a dishonest adult into an honest one. This can only be fixed by ridding the military leadership of those who are unable or unwilling to present the unvarnished truth.
A culture that rewards dishonest behavior is very difficult to fix.
Whatever happened to "when in doubt, do the right thing?
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:35:56 PM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: george76
And so quickly, that is the truly frightening aspect of that.
To: george76
This has been going on for over 20 years. Just before 2000 they did a survey at Leavenworth (CGSC) and one of the results was that these majors felt senior leaders would run them over with a truck to further their careers.
Shinseki, the Army COS took action by bitching out the majors.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
It’s been forever that you could rarely trust someone over the rank of Major.
To: where's_the_Outrage?; All
This is why its tragicomic that anyone would think military tribunals would lead to a restoration of a constitutional republic. It would lead to what such things always historically lead to - military dictatorship!
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:45:13 PM PDT
by
Reily
(!!)
To: george76
I dunno. Maybe ol’ Ben Franklin was right. Franklin opposed the creation of military academies. He said America did not need a military elite.
Franklin instead suggested that all our future officers be trained at colleges, something like today’s ROTC.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:47:42 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: T.B. Yoits
I’d go as far with trust as O-5.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:47:48 PM PDT
by
Reily
(!!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Shinseki, the Army COS took action by bitching out the majors.
Unfortunately, this "investigation" doesn't cite any data or case studies. It would have been more effective to call out at least three corrupt senior officers (who are there) and use them as examples.
To: MinorityRepublican
Hitler was probably right and if Japan had attacked Russia’s far east instead of Pearl Harbor, things might have turned out a lot differently.
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:53:10 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them )
To: george76
Perfumed Prince’s in the wire...
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posted on
05/08/2024 5:59:38 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
“Shinseki”
The guy who oversaw taking the black beret from the Rangers.
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posted on
05/08/2024 6:05:50 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Reily
This is why it's tragicomic that anyone would think military tribunals would lead to a restoration of a constitutional republic. It would lead to what such things always historically lead to -- military dictatorship!
This, times a million.
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posted on
05/08/2024 6:51:10 PM PDT
by
Category Four
(Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
To: george76
Don Bacon Nebraska. My husband worked with him at stratcom. Said had no integrity. Never challenged authority when he knew they were wrong. Upper level yes man. Would never make hard decisions. Did what he was told.
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posted on
05/08/2024 7:16:51 PM PDT
by
Linda Frances
(Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
To: george76
Leadership is dead, replaced by woke management of a non-gender specific group of incapable warfighting things.
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posted on
05/09/2024 5:05:55 AM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: ducttape45
I retired in ‘98 - and that was the beginning of the end where it was becoming political suicide for commanders to take care of heir people - hey rose higher and faster by being willing to sacrifice the men and women that elevated them to their positions - they cried, “RHIP” - during my retirement talk - I reminded them that R also HIR - “hath it’s Responsibilities” and opined that two many of them have forgotten that.
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posted on
05/09/2024 5:33:34 AM PDT
by
trebb
(So many fools - so little time...)
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