Originally published August 9th, 2011.
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Only our Lex could put General Paetreus and Paris HIlton in the same paragraph and have it make sense.
I have been away from the Army so long that I couldn’t comment on this specific contention – but aren’t all large organizations like this? I remember reading a book on IBM – and they specifically encouraged independent thinking – calling these people the “Wild Ducks”
But by and large you go along to get along.
Heck look at George Patton – Disfavored by many in his chain of command because he acted independently.
Never will forget a letter I received while in the Army – almost 40 years ago. As a Pfc I was pretty much at the bottom of the chain of command – and a friend of mine hadn’t been paid for 2 months due to bureaucratic inertia.
I wrote a letter to the then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Creighton Abrams telling him what I thought of this Army bureaucracy.
The weeks went by and I forgot about it until one day I get this letter with 5 gold stars on the envelop.
Oh !@#$%^ I’m thinking – I really did it now.
For those of you who haven;t been in the military, jumping the chain of command is frowned upon – which I did – about as much as one can
Anyway, with a bit of trepidation, I open the letter and it sez:
“ Dear Pfc Brandt:
I just want you to know that the bureaucracy gets to me too.
Burt as soldiers we have to keep trying.
Best wishes,
Creighton Abrams
Mysteriously my friend’s pay problems went away and I never heard anything more about it.