Friday, January 29, 2016

The Pentagon’s Pricey Culture of Mediocrity | War Is Boring

From the article: 
These policies undermine the military competence of the Pentagon's own officer corps. They're creating a system that self-selects a large cadre of mediocre conformists.

http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentagons-pricey-culture-of-mediocrity/

They are talking about "up or out".  I always thought that was a real problem and it affected me way back when.  One of the reasons I got out early.