Probably true; that happens all too often...As does that...There's a great RAND paper about Vietnam called "Bureauacracy does its Thing", which probably is the most apt description of the whole issue. The process is the obstacle.True -- that was a good move on Schoomaker's part. I chuckle thinking about the Medics reaction to that...On a high note, BG Tucker is absolutely the right guy to be the DCG of the Medical Command... My contact inside of the WTU process told me that shaking up the medical command bureaucrats who just frankly didn't care was the hardest part.Agree.I think the Army will be proactive on this and is already hyper sensitive to the issue.At the risk of being called old school, reactionary 'hard core' and a number of probably well deserved less appealing names including unsympathetic and compassion challenged, I don't think soldiers do that. Sometimes people who are or have been in the Army do. Not the same thing in my book....I just hate that it takes a soldier going to the media or congress to get people moving.
Also been my observation over the years that most of the time -- not all -- the going was not required and frequently does more harm than good. Particularly if Congress is involved; most of them mean well but they don't understand the systems and stick their busy fingers in all the wrong holes too often. That and they play to the crowd. Plus, a lot of the Staffers are former military types with pet rocks (and bruised egos)...
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