The Military Brass Is Not The Military We Love

By Clint Lorance, Foreign Policy Analyst & former Army Officer| February 3rd, 2020

In recent months, we have seen the President sack the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy and other top military officials. President Trump was elected to the highest office in the land to drain the swamp. 



Brigadier General Jeff Sinclair, Sexually
Assaulted a Female Subordinate,
Allowed to Retire

What does that mean? I believe it means that some people who are in high positions in Washington are so entrenched in their power and fortune that they no longer have the best interest of the nation in their hearts........They are an elite group..........The senior military officers and leaders of today are not George S. Patton. Today’s Generals and Admirals are of such a decidedly low character that, in 2016, the Secretary of Defense created the Office of the Senior Advisor for Military Professionalism.

Commanded by a female two-star admiral, the office found hundreds of cases of senior military officer misconduct; most of them involved sex scandals, with half of them involving ethical lapses.

In 2018, this office was closed down. I believe the Pentagon closed this office because they were digging up too much dirt. Below are just a few of these highest-ranking officers’ misconduct.

Army Major General David Haight was demoted and forced to retire as a Lieutenant Colonel after the Army found out he had been in an l l-year affair, which featured trysts at sex clubs around the country. Brigadier General Michael Bobeck was fired for having an affair with several subordinates and other women and was involved in several nefarious financial entanglements. Meanwhile, Major General Joseph Harrington and Major General Wayne Grigsby were both fired for similar offenses. Adultery is a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and many, many junior officers and enlisted men are charged and convicted of adultery. There is a double standard........To Read More....

My Take - I served four years and with a degree of ambivalence I can say, I hated it and I loved it.  However, I really despised the officers.  There's no ambivalence there.  In point of fact, I still despise the officers, including those who are retired and move into civilian jobs.  They're just as obnoxious as they were in the military.  That's the result of being pampered all of their lives by people who can't stand up to them for their idiocy for fear of serious consequences. 

This problem isn't anything new.  I can assure you there's always been a double standard in the military.  If an enlisted man had done any of the things listed here they would have thrown the book at him.  I served, and I'm glad, because serving brings balance and insight to your life, even though you may not realize it at the time.  Experience you can never get in any other situation. 

That's doesn't change the fact I despised the military and have total contempt for officers.