Originally Posted by TOMAHAWK9521

From what I saw as a filthy contractor over in Iraq and A-stan, it wasn't the young/junior leaders who needed to get their sh*t wired straight. It was the majority of the older, POS-6000's.

"What's that on your belt, COL/CSM? Oh, that's your gut!"

The CSM in the regular unit I was assigned to on my last two tours was more worried about getting his own private hooch, crapper and laundry facility built and wire up with electricity before the rest of the FOB (and his troops) were taken care of. The troops' morale and general character was pretty low and there was never any effort by the CSM on down to instill a real sense of pride and/or responsibility unless you include chicken-sh*t reflector belt and eye-pro checks.