Ed,
Thanks... The VASRD is the VASRD! Got it...
MISSION FIRST - PEOPLE ALWAYS!!!!
Somehow, the legalistic machinations of top-down, hierarchical military bureaucracies seem to forget the second half of this Motto.
That, along with the misplaced and forgotten moral and ethical considerations being gobbled up by the "higher" values of saving a buck so we can pay for unfettered profitteering for the other 99% who never see a minute in a uniform.
This whole thing is busted, and frankly, it's a sad day when 1,000s of common Soldiers have to explain WHY, over and over and over again, explain why the decisions have been in error.
What gets me is that the people who hold these rarified positions take their instuctions from higher-ups who wrtie this crapola. Where were their experienced, educated and erudite minds when it came time to QUESTION these faulty additions to the VASRD?
I have seen how the circulatory diconnects of organizational "rational" thinking has failed many an injured Soldier. I often wonder if this used as an easy avoidance of the honest, hard truth of the real costs of war.
BLUF: If you break it, you buy it. I have just seen way too much wiggle room on this and it's an ethically and morally bankruptable position to take with human beings - Soldiers, Saliors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard Servicemembers.
Holy Cow!
I have to stop....out of nice words....
For a satirical break, watch this 6 minute blip...
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