[Jack Moroney (RIP)]

I also am in complete agreement with TR and have had to deal with the bending of the rules from the days of old. It takes only takes one idiot to queer the entire operation and when we have folks that are sent on their own with broad mission guidance and no supervision we have to know that, regardless of how innovative or flexible he is, he will make the right choice. While many will have to operate with what they have when they get to their unit, some of you, like me, may be able to pick and choose from the rolls of the military folks upon which you and your country will depend to do it right the first time. While I am an adherent of act first and ask for foregiveness later I would only accord that priviledge to those in whom I have the utmost faith, respect and trust. While there are folks that make poor choices along the way and are redeemable there are just some choices for which redemption will never come and overlooking that for numbers sake will cost lives. I hate to think of those whom I have had to hammer who but for all their skills and potential just could not, or would not, exercise the appropriate level of maturity to make the right decision. This is not about being a boy scout, this is about the right person, committed for the right reasons to needs of his buddies, team, unit, and country, possessing the requisite qualities of selfless devotion to men and mission and those folks are rare and in deed special.