I (...) observed the steady rise to the top of the merit lists of all too many who treated soldiering as a civil service cinecure, "fit the all-singing, all-dancing, computer profile", and thought morale was a matter of having a plus balance in their pay guides. "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the stars but in ourselves." We, the senior officers, of the Army must keep falling on our swords to allow "soldiers to be soldiers" and to support the orangutans against the "civil servants."
Col. J.H. Allan, "Letter to the Editor", Infantry Journal, number 16
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