Quote Originally Posted by Kiwigrunt View Post
The Peter Principle is not limited to the military, but it is perhaps the most profound in bureaucracies like the military. That said, poorly designed ticket punching structures / systems do a lot to exacerbate the Peter Principle.
In a steep pyramid hierarchy like the army it should not happen as there are fewer posts into which place people. But yes this has been countered by the exploding number of senior staff officer posts created to accommodate B-and C-stream officers. But these staff officers are seldom incompetent as they prove to be lethally effective in screwing up the military.

Make half the senior staff officers redundant tomorrow and it will probably improve the functioning of most militaries.