Blasphemy: Article advocates afternoon PT

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I've never seen a Motor Sergeant who wasn't a truly great mechanic; I've met very, very few who were good Platoon Sergeants or even wanted the job...

If you are lucky enough to find one who can do both (I was), it's probably worth making a pact with the devil to keep him or her (fortunately I didn't have too).

We should also consider a Specialist track system for Officers -- perhaps at least to the extent of a Command track and a Staff track above Captain.

Isn't the Navy's LDO (limited duty officer) program pretty much just that? I believe that is also largely the case wrt to each service's use of JAGs, sky pilots and medical officers.

Sadist branch managers

Oxymoron?

I think sadistic branch managers is a redundancy rather than an oxymoron. Once upon a time (about when my assignment was changed from Fort Carson to Fort Polk), I looked up "sadist" in the dictionary and found a picture of my Captains assignment officer.