Fantastic Article! Thank you for the link. I don't agree with it 100% but I think his main point is correct. I would also add that micro-management leads to reduced soldier initiative and moral. Worst I ever saw was a Quartermaster SM have a soldier hold a sign saying "No sunglasses may be worn on the head in chow hall" from an infantry unit. Did he have the right to tell the soldier to take them off his head? Yes, but not to initiate humiliation punishment for a soldier not in his unit while deployed in theatre! Nothing like CSM's in combat with nothing better to do then enforce uniform policy. How much was that uniform inspector paid compared to the soldier he corrected? I better step of my soapbox and take a tranquilizer.
Reed