[Lurker]

I'm sorry, but any Officer worth his salt knows this is exactly the wrong way to motivate the troops. There's nothing wrong with a good old fashioned dressing down, but to go beyond that is conduct unbecoming.

Abusing the troops under your command physically or mentally can and should get the CO relieved post haste.

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[rottndog]

Abusing the troops under your command physically or mentally can and should get the CO relieved post haste.

I remember a boat in Pearl Harbor a few years ago where the CO was relived for bad crew morale.

[patton]

And it is counterproductive - disloyal troops don't win wars.

[JudgemAll]

Mentaly abusing troops? You got to be kidding me!

Any troop feeling mentaly abused needs to get out and take care of little women... damn, there are people in this world alone as one-men-armies who are daily abused of the worst sort and do not back down and feel no guilt to God Himself.

[JCEccles]

What passes for abuse these days can be ridiculously petty and slight. I'd be cautious about taking these complaints at face value. If he was truly a monster, his entire crew would confess to his behavior. If these complainers aren't backed up by a substantial number of the rest of the crew, I would greatly discount their complaints.

Similar charges were made in an attempt to derail John Bolton's nomination as US ambassador to the UN as I recall, charges that proved to be bogus.

[Valin]

Well put.

[Walkingfeather]

Not to mention stupid for instilling a sense of dread and second guessing an action based on your leaders reaction if wrong.
I have found there are some people who know how to lead people and there is some kind of freakish thing that happens to seemingly normal people when you put them in control of others. It is weird and scary.

[jamaly]

I'm sorry, but any Officer worth his salt knows this is exactly the wrong way to motivate the troops. There's nothing wrong with a good old fashioned dressing down, but to go beyond that is conduct unbecoming.

Abusing the troops under your command physically or mentally can and should get the CO relieved post haste.

Maybe so; but, the sissies didn't need to cry either. What wimps!!! I hope they didn't know any military secrets. If they had been captured by the enemy they wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes.

[Redleg Duke]

I concur. He is a piss-poss leader.