Yes compliant is the more accurate assessment -- this dovetails with Yingling's critique
AgreeIt will take Congress, no question -- they, after all, are the ones that insisted on much of the current bureaucratic mishmash -- but as I said above, barring a major exodus in disgust (a possibility, I fear) or some other earth shaker, change from that quarter is unlikely.
The system has been adept at eliminating insurgents before. It would take as you have noted a mass exodus or a mutiny. I see neither happening. For every malcontent within the system with "fire in the belly" and thus the energy to do something about it, there are many others who may not like it, but would prefer to assume an overwatch position. And there are more still who grumble but if the system will promote them to LTC, and it will in the current manpower crunch....then they'll just keep their head down....after all the kids have college coming up.Thus, my belief that cultivating 'em when they walk in the door and getting them to change the culture as they grow is an alternative. The Gen Xers, now hitting their mid thirties, are getting feisty if not violent about Baby Boomers and their lack of drive and general worth. This Millennium generation in their late teens is showing scant tolerance for BS, incompetence and subterfuge. The two as they rise in rank might be fun to watch...
As proof I can offer you my remarks I made on an Army BCKS board recently among simulations operations officers to the questions of whether or not to drop the "block check" on the OER for Captains. PM me if you are interested with your e-mail I will send it to you.
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