Hi Desparado:
I keep reading the original letter at the start of this thread and your response, I must be getting old as I do not see it as an us and them whine neither can I see any comment about 'worthless' officers or 'jobs for the boys' comments. All I see in lot of words is a question of balance, as I said in my previous post, it seems all that is being asked is with all the leaning and manpower reductions within the lower ranks can we justify the high level of manpower in each of the upper rank structures at the command level. To many engines and not enough trailers is not an efficient or cost effective way to do business, especially as you point out that it is the government bean/vote counters that cause most of the problems within the services.