First and foremost, standards at West Point are nonexistent. They exist on paper, but nowhere else. The senior administration at West Point inexplicably refuses to enforce West Point’s publicly touted high standards on cadets, and, having picked up on this, cadets refuse to enforce standards on each other. The Superintendent refuses to enforce admissions standards or the cadet Honor Code, the Dean refuses to enforce academic standards, and the Commandant refuses to enforce standards of conduct and discipline. The end result is a sort of malaise that pervades the entire institution. Nothing matters anymore. Cadets know this, and it has given rise to a level of cadet arrogance and entitlement the likes of which West Point has never seen in its history.
… Of course, I was duty bound to report the cadet’s violation, and I did. During the course of the berating I received from the Commandant, I never actually found out why he was so angry. It seemed that he was simply irritated that the institution was having to deal with the case, and that it was my fault it even existed. At the honor hearing the next day, I ended up being the one on trial as my character and reputation were dragged through the mud by the cadet and her civilian attorney while I sat on the witness stand without any assistance. In the end, of course, the cadet was not found (despite having at first admitted that she lied), and she eventually graduated.
It's completely horrifying, and unless immediately fixed, spell the End of America.
“No one is coming. It’s up to us.”
Same with war college. They have been talking about how they are trying to get the officer's thesis projects more in line with University thinking and "work quality". I assumed this meant english skills. It ultimately had more to do with perspectives and working to not seem like the older traditional thinking in the military.
What even is the military if they aren't working traditionally? Leave non traditional to spec ops. The traditions are one of the glues that bind forces together.
Disclaimer: not in the military, but I assist in various ways when I can. In this context, I was a tutor and research trainer for an officer.