Retired Air Force Major robs realtor. Is this worse because he was an Officer?

CSM Michael J. Uhlig I've been trying to figure out a way to compose this for a while. I came up with a couple scenarios, which are contradictory though.

Imagine you have a barracks wing, with an E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6. Each on has their own room. During a random visit, you just find ALL the rooms screwed up. Equally. They're just jacked.

In this situation, of course the E6 is the most jacked up, because he sets the example. It's worse because of his position. He not only set the standard, which was a failure, but he failed each successive step below him. It's like an avalanche of failure.

Now, I had a contradicting example. Two rooms side by side. Two Sergeants. One room is jacked up. The other room is jacked up beyond all recognition. You don't let one Sergeant off because the other one is worse. There's a point where things just "can't get worse." In the case of this article, I think it has reached that point. I don't think it matters what rank they were. It reached the point of "catastrophic failure" to where things are so bad that Officer/Enlisted is no longer pertinent in the discussion.

So... That said, in general yes, we expect more from those we invest more authority in, however there are #%^#^ ups so bad that it doesn't matter if you are a General or a Private, you just became "That #%^ up." This is one of those cases.

The is no group that does not have stupidity in its ranks. We had a Navy admiral using counterfeit chips at the casino. Also a Navy Captain shoplifting in the BX.

Still I think it is worse because officers are supposed to set the example.

Not just because we expect more from our officers, but from our military members in general! Distasteful to say the least!