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Wierd stuff. Blame it of computers.

One of my kiddos had orders that included shipment of HHG and POV. The vehicle was shipped, but after the POV arrived at the receiving depot, the 1st Sgt of that unit claimed that the orders did not include the vehicle, so the POV sat in place for 5 months. The issue was eventually resolved when the 1st Sarge was promoted/re-posted. Maybe it was the Guardsman didn't like sand or her new job. Dunno. This was some time ago post Desert Storm, but, from what I can understand, is a fairly good picture of 'Today's Army'.

Going to the equivelent of JA for a resulotion will wreck a career. 1st Sgt has the ear of the Cmdr, so the soldier really doesn't have much of a recourse but accept the judgements of the immediate decision maker.

'Back In My Time', EMs had access to ascending layers of decision makers. Those decisions were in hard copy, filed in triplicate some-damn-where, not just a conversation or e-mail that vanishes and no one seems accountable.

Paper trails aren't fast, but they can be used to hold decision makers accountable.

rant off.

sd.

I can't imagine an occupation that requires as much dicipline and is under review by so many layers of oversight. Some of that oversight is practical, a lot of it is political. Strings and rubber bands snap. Especially when motivated by a system where everyone over the rank of E-4/O-1 considers that they are a re-birth of Geo. Patton.

Just a guess, but I suspect that there will be more instances of this behavior. The problems aren't going away by after the fact regret.

salty