Hey! Hey! Hey!
Petraeus was a good runner. That’s what counts.
The leaders of the Army are simple people. They have to have a simple way of evaluating people. Twice a year, Soldiers are evaluated by a stopwatch as they run a two mile course. A stopwatch is easy for the leaders of the Army to understand. Lower numbers = good. Higher numbers = bad. Promote the people with lower numbers. It’s easy.
Teamwork? They don’t understand that. How can they measure that? We have an Army that is led by good cross country runners who can’t win wars.
Officer retention and promotion to Colonel and above is also determined by waist size.
Ideal: 32
And by height:
Ideal: 6' 1"
Political Correctness and Affirmative Action are also important. Stand by for 1st handsome, queer, black, athletic general.