How do you select the best Officers for promotion?
How do you determine, outside of actual combat, which Officers will perform best in combat?
And does good combat performance at a junior level predict good combat performance at a senior level?
The only way to select the best combat leaders is to keep Officers constantly in combat.
Hard to do.
My experience with the military showed me that promotion boards were a mess.
The amount of time they spent reviewing an Officer’s records was measured in minutes and even seconds.
This resulted in a focus on easily observed characteristics.
Height/weight.....physical fitness.....attention to detail on uniforms in official photos.
We have a generation of senior leaders who run fast and look good.
So you’re saying our senior militry leaders are the equivalent of sports cars.
After 40 years in the defense business once you get above O-6 that’s pretty much true!