MG Geoffrey D. Miller was allowed to retire with rank instead of being demoted and sent to prison for his role in removing the moral base of America in the eyes of the world with his role as the General responsible for tactics at Abu Gharib and Guantanamo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_D._Miller
He is not the only war criminal from current and past members of this White House Administration but he is a vivid military example of why junior officers are not sticking around.
Junior officers are tired of watching the lower enlisted and junior officers be held to a different set of duty and moral conduct standards than those who out rank them.
Why does this matter America? Young innovators with combat experience, some the best and very skilled, some not so much, are leaving the service at a time where the civilian leadership of this nation are inclined to use military power at will.
How will we win future wars with yes men of mediocrity out numbering the good apples? Junior officers have discovered that even in a peace time Army those who make General aren't necessarily the best of the officers in a particular year group. They are in fact the pick of the litter from those who stayed in long enough.
Innovative, adaptive leaders will not excel in an environment of assimilation and evaluative inbreeding that only rewards time and those who look the most like their boss.
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