The military is like a cocoon, the men become infants because everything is decided for them, even what furniture is in their quarters. All that is left is conquest; even Ike had a dick problem
Actually he had a problem with committing infidelity if ms. Summersby is to be believed. He was the product of a religiously observant middle class Protestant home in the late 19th century. Infidelity was considered damnable them.
Patton, on the other hand, was the product of a very upper class family in which the men were expected to have dramatically individualized personalities. He had many lady friends including Ms Dietrich who also shared her charms with the young and handsome MG James Gavin.
Not sure what military you were in, but we were semi-rebellious, questioned everything and pushed the limits all the time. There was almost no system that could not be circumvented if it made sense to do so. We may not have had a choice what furniture was in our berthings but we were most certainly not infantilized. We pushed boundries, found solutions and took responsibility.
I have an eval that states, “__________ is an intelligent, hard charging individual characterized by a somewhat outspoken manner towards authority”. I was an E5 at that time and went on to make E6 not long thereafter.