Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
More effective training, particularly Officer and Enlisted initial entry training, would enhance trust today and may be imperative in the future.
Correct, along with a total overhaul of the personnel system that shuffles people along far too quickly and locks in the "up or out" that also hampers the building of trust and competence.

We no longer field a conscript army...so why are we saddled with training and personnel systems that were developed for such an army?