Posted on Apr 18, 2014
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CPT Christopher F.
<div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The American Conservative published a scathing article titled "An Officer Corps That Can't Score", about our performances in the last four conflicts, careerism, and the Military Officer Corps. It accuses us of ignoring changes that should be made following these last operational shortfalls, especially in comparison to the sweeping changes made after the Vietnam War.&nbsp;</span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'd like to get your opinions. Are we ignoring the changes that need to be made and allowing careerism to blind us from future success?</span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Or have we already begun to make the changes and are doing so in different ways than before?</span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#4d4d4d"><span style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can read the article here:</span></font></div><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/an-officer-corps-that-cant-score/" style="font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#4d4d4d">http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/an-officer-corps-that-cant-score/</font></a><div><br></div><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://theamericanconservative.com/images/facebook-logo.jpg"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/an-officer-corps-that-cant-score/">An Officer Corps That Can’t Score</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">How military careerism breeds habits of defeat</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>

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