You've got to realize the top brass are as political as any Democrat or Republican politician. They have to be to get to where they are.
There are a lot of these programs that are set up and troops salute and attend the class or talk the talk. Then they roll their eyes and get on with their job.
I agree there could be problems if the wrong people are getting promoted in the senior NCO or Division-level officers. But those people are usually weeded out pretty quickly when the shooting starts - it's like that in every peacetime Army/military.
I'm more worried about the death rates at some military posts, like Fort Bragg (or whatever its politically correct name is now).
A group of senators led by Ed Markey sent a letter to Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin demanding answers about a rash of overdose deaths in the military.
www.rollingstone.com
(link from Rolling Stone just for Zeke)