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Originally Posted by jlomon
I agree with this, definitely. His management style was to micromanage in areas that he wasn't qualified, and to surround himself with people who would just shut up and tow the line. He was intent on bringing the JCS to heel and driving his vision of what the 21st century military should look like. His assumptions were dead wrong, and he didn't have the people in place to challenge the assumptions and force them to consider anything other than the best-case scenarios that he based his decisions on.
I think his ultimate failure was that he was prepared to let his ego triumph over reason. He let his ego get in the way of making the best decisions for the military.
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It still think it is the system we have. Problem is that the Sec Def is a civilian. As such, the military was, is and probably will be controlled by civilians. All the way from what they buy and how much of it to the way they fight. The military should be controlled by civilians. HOWEVER, not micromanaged. How many of you would take kindly to being say a gardener and told what tools to buy and how many of each, how to dig and where and when to dig, etc, etc? As the gardener, I have the option of handing you the implements and saying "I quit. You do the job yourself." While I stand over my techs that work on the car, I don't bother them in that manner. I don't tell them to use a 10mm socket on a 3/8 ratchet instead of a 1/ ratchet, etc, etc. I also don't tell them how many wrenches to buy or what brand. If it deviates too much from the book, I would like to know why but other than that, I don't micromanage them. I do this because I have had techs run loose and do sloppy jobs. Brake fluid flush and coolant flush comes to mind where they would just change the fluid in the bottle or radiator and not flush the complete system.