(November 12, 2012 at 11:33 am)TaraJo Wrote: From what I've heard, part of the reason he left is because they have a strict policy with high ranking military and/or intelligence officers that says you can't have any affairs. They're afraid you'll wind up with a Mata Hari and accidentally compromise national security secrets. While I think that specific rule may need to be looked at somewhat, it would be difficult for him to command the respect of the genrals under him if he can't follow the same rules he expects them to follow.
Loyalty
Duty
Respect
Selfless Service
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage
These are the "core values" of what it takes to progress through the Army's rank structure as peddled to recruits by acronym and enshrined in official Army publications. That the General was loyal and dutiful is, I think, beyond question......the rest is a categorical fail. If a joe wants to get his peter wet and prefers strange then so be it, but at least be a fucking man about it "Yeah, I tapped that, and?". Not that this is the only area in which I think he failed to live up to those core values...just that it's the silliest.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
