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I can give you a fairly long list of Colonels including this one LINK
Not to mention the smartest and best Major, bar none, that I ever worked for LINK.
Yes, those are exceptions but if your statement is correct -- "you're simply putting more people in the position to where they're given more responsibility than they are ready for." -- then your system is flawed.
Fortunately, in my experience, your statement is far from correct in most cases.
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