Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
Safety rules may be the greatest source of ridiculous stories.

In 2004, I was at NTC and an O-6 informed me that I was a sorry excuse for a leader because I did not care about the safety or welfare of my Soldiers. .
This COL, another criminal perpetuator of the Army "Safety First, Mission and Common Sense last" culture, which I would argue, in many cases, has caused hundreds of deaths in Iraq because so many leaders are so obsessed with safety and "zero defects" that they will sacrifice the mission IOT "be safe". I'm obviously not a fan of the Army Safety culture...that is another Thread in itself!