All of the happy little creatures at the Naval and Military Academies are watching and taking notes. If it’s good enough for the CinC (Dollar Bill Clinton) and the field commanders...
Maybe both schools should introduce a course in Leadership entitled “How to resist the call of giant bazzonkers.”
When I saw your note it reminded me of something I read a couple of weeks ago, but had a very hard time finding it again...wonder why?
Can honor be taught? Can you test for it? Can you detect when it’s been forsaken? For Fred Malmstrom, Air Force Academy Class of ‘64, the answers to those questions are: yes, yes, and if you want to. Malmstrom is a psychologist, researcher and historian of his alma mater’s falls from grace. He has found the academy — where, until last week, he’s served as an unpaid visiting scholar for honor since 1999 — doesn’t seem interested in his documentation of a decline in cadets’ respect for the honor code and an increase in infractions.
Here’s the link to the whole article:
http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/cracks-in-the-code/Content?oid=2452353