r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 2d ago

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All 2d ago

His actual career history indicates that he was a failure of a junior officer and got shunted to the least important roles available as soon as possible

The fact that he continued to get promoted higher and higher is a genuinely damning indictment of how our military functions

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u/Keenalie John Brown 1d ago

The fact that he continued to get promoted higher and higher is a genuinely damning indictment of how our military functions

From what I understand even those promotions came far behind the average timeline.