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I'm curious how this problem has aged a decade on, when these soldiers (and their fellows) should be taking up more and more leadership positions. Are they up t
by s2g 8y ago
I'm curious how this problem has aged a decade on, when these soldiers (and their fellows) should be taking up more and more leadership positions. Are they up to it? Does having to put up with incompetence lead good soldiers to bail on the military as a career?
- gwern 8y agoAs I understand it, with combination of the Great Recession and the winding down of Afghanistan/Iraq, recruiting became much easier and so the need for gimmicks like moral waivers or tweaking test scores disappeared and recruiters could afford to try to get a better grade of recruit. I imagine that something similar took place with all of the people who did get recruited beforehand: commanders took opportunities to get rid of those who hadn't excelled or simply not encourage them to re-enlist etc, and natural attrition takes care of it all.