Lots of Generals
I am curious whether anyone has comments on this article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-s-denies.html
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Typical - at one point early in the war, I'm thinking 2003-2004, there were over 200 GO/Flags in the Green Zone (or what was to become the Green Zone).
No wonder you couldn't get jack done..... |
Getting military senior leadership to cut GO positions is like asking a crack head to cut his dose in half.
Ain't gonna happen.....it has to be forced from outside and even then they find 'hiding spots' for GO's in these kind of expeditionary slots. |
There are all kinds of bureaucratic studies done to show how red tape increases- and effectiveness decreases- the more chiefs you have and the less indians you have. There is something to be said that where we have the most generals- we seem to be making the least amount of progress. The micromanagement of our troops in Iraq/Syria and the amount of information all of these GOs and their staffs/HQs require is probably the #1 reason we are failing IMO...
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The Army has 14 active duty 4-stars.:eek:
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I personally witnessed recently something that, if it had happened during WWII during the Battle of the Bulge, would have gone something like this:
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Not just the military
If I'm taking the thread off-topic, please delete, but IMO, this parallels exactly what's happening in U.S. industry.
In the industries I typically consult in (healthcare/finance), strong leadership has almost totally been pushed out in favor of bureaucratic consensus management. Lot's of "Double Triple Super Executive Vice President of Nothing Much" positions that a couple decades ago would have just been a staff role in a back office somewhere. Simple decisions require consensus from a large pool of people that don't have a clue what's happening in the field. If this keeps up with military and civilian organizations, I wonder in the future how we'll be able to win global conflicts or compete in global industry. |
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