207592 wrote:-
"Quite, and that is why I infer that senior heads will enentually roll. Senior Commanders need skills quite different from those necessary in their early career. In wartime they may need to be warriors, but in peacetime they need the skills of CEOs, with specialists supporting them."
it is interesting that, when a serious war breaks out, the majority of the Top Brass are in their late 50's & 60's due to the normal promotion ladder
Within a few months they are normally found totally wanting and are removed and replaced by commanders in their late 30's and 40's. This has happened over a couple of hundred years in armed forces all across the globe
We could do worse than to lay off every senior officer over 50 - I doubt we'd notice