Random Military

If there is one thing to learn from being in the military, no matter the duration, you can always count on the predictability of stupidity. Of course there are many ways stupidity presents itself in the modern military. It's brought out from leadership, fellow enlisted, politics, and even host-nation allies while serving overseas. From time to time you can expect a small setback to occur, things cannot always be pristine and certain. When it affects the entire organization due to circumstances that no person except the individual(s) liable for it, it has become something entirely different, lunacy. Imagine you are serving the U.S. Military in a foreign country, then someone decides they need a little vacation, spend some time back at home in the states. They go through the proper channels, take the leave they have been authorized and have a great leisure time. An incident occurs with this individual, a DUI or something to that likeness while thousands of miles away from his/her installation. The base issues a recall, that's an accountability of all personnel assigned, and then preaches on how this was a failure of everyone that either knows or does not know this individual. This lecture lasts about 30minutes to an hour and then everyone is assigned a specific duty, dorm clean up, base clean up, remedial physical training. This is the exact political nonsense that infests the armed forces. Understanding that what this individual has done is one thing, but blaming others that legally could not be held responsible for this persons action is another. We are all born with a certain set of morales, we know the difference between right and wrong, good or bad. Of course there are certain substances and mental conditions that interfere with this logic, but at the end of the day you are always liable for yourself, you cannot control another without physical restraint. The military tends to pound the difference between right and wrong into each head that passes the tests, to the point of redundancy. The problem is not in supplying the knowledge of a good idea versus a bad idea, it's the fact that others have to suffer for an action that is out of their hands. A more smooth and effective form of action would be that in due time everyone be made aware of the incident, and the move on. Not butcher the few freedoms you possess and essential piss off the entire organization.