Commentary
“I had no thought of rank; all I did was try:”  Ulysses Grant.
The climate of the military profession is clouded with personal ambitions. Is the most honorable way to execute a commission to be self-aware enough to realize where to apply one’s skills within the framework of the Department of Defense (DoD)? The realization that servicing one’s commission in this way may be the noblest end state of an officer’s commission is counterintuitive to a generation distracted by cranking out the latest operational planning team requirement, slide show, or general officer ghost email to ensure forward career progress within a broken system….