As the Trump Administration prepares to take charge in Washington, DC, it inherits a military on the verge of being incapable of sustained combat. The Navy is decommissioning ships faster than they are being built and literally has more admirals than ships even as it reduces the number of enlisted sailors (Trump Picks Navy Outsider to Fix a Thoroughly Broken Service). The Air Force is suffering from a mass exodus of pilots at the peak of their experience due to its open hostility toward white male pilots (Unexpectedly, the USAF Finds Itself With a Critical Shortage of Pilots While It Says It Has Too Many White Officers). But the Army, it seems, may be rotted to the core.
More than half of the Army‘s senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of staff roles over the high-stakes demands of leadership, or…
