text: You make it sound like the "ranks" are infected w/ miscreants and ne'er do wells.  Do you know this to be true?  I don't.  Are there idiots in the ranks?  Yup.  Plenny kine.  Is it more or less than regular soldiers just doing their job?  I have found that it is increasing over the years, since the '80s forward, but that's just because the military gets soldiers from society at large.  Meaning those soldiers whom you cite came to the military already "broke" in their thinking.  That's just the way it is.  If you are not in the military (I have no idea if you were or are) then you couldn't relate now could you.  Does your job require you to live in close contact w/ all your fellow employees 24/7?  I doubt it.  The military does.  Personal stuff is secondary, maybe even tertiary to mission, then unit.  In that order.  Calling me names is cool.  I get where you are coming from.  But can you "get" where I'm coming from?  If so, cool.  If not, cool, too.  It's just comments.