The state of Army leadership

I never served under Sinclair but I can certainly relate--and corroborate the themes herein.

I served under Sinclair in Iraq -- and that’s a big reason I got out

...our battalion commander, Lt. Col. Rago, made a policy that we had to march everywhere we went and an NCO had to escort his soldiers everywhere. When we were staging for patrols we had to be in full kit or garrison uniform, no in-between. I was once yelled at by our S-3 for standing by my truck wearing a soft cap with IOTV. The officers became more concerned with our vehicles' wire mitigation system than with our soldiers' morale. The effects were profound on my generation of NCO's. We had all been through Baghdad together, we knew our shit. We were young, fit, and competent. However, we had a low tolerance for chicken shit. And that was something the Blackhawk Brigade excelled in producing. Most of us loved being Sergeants -- but none of us re-enlisted...