70 Years of Military Mediocrity: The Shared Failings of America’s Military Academies and Senior Officers

Date Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015

Category: Department of Defense - National

William Astore, retired military officer and service academy instructor, examines institutional flaws within the U.S. military service academies. Mr. Astore states: "We need a new generation of cadets--and a few renegade generals of my generation as well--who want to serve us by not going to war, who know that a military is a burden to democracy even when victorious, and especially when it’s not. Otherwise, we’re in trouble in ways we haven’t yet begun to imagine."

Read the full article at: Alternet