Quote Originally Posted by matttahoe53 View Post
Legit question: How/what did Obama due to gut the officer corps? Was it policies implemented that caused people to leave because they didn?t like the direction or something else?
Policies implemented, key appointments with particular values (senior flag level positions are nominative with senate conformation), leads to service policy changes, mandatory trainings, etc. The military is an up or out type system, you can only be passed over for promotion 3 times before they say farewell.

It was a massive top down cultural shift. You see it manifested now in the political class of retired generals and admirals who have lost their principles for the favor of the DC bubble.

Spent 25yrs total in an Army uniform, never met an ?extremist?. Met people who were from every corner of this country, and some foreign countries, who just wanted to serve. Had a few bad apples from a conduct side (alcohol, drugs, domestic challenges, etc) but the military is not free from societies foibles. Extremists? Never met a single one. Then again, the depends on how the left defines that term for this purpose.

Just my take on what I saw before retiring in 2015.


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