Military Review English Edition November-December 2013 | Page 113

LETTERS Ambition itself is not the problem. Ambition is how things get done. It’s a question of which things, how motivated. Generals are the one percent of military society. Maybe we’re all serving the one percent, one way or another. All of our generals grew up under this system, and it may be unfair to ask them to change it. It would be unfair except for this fact: Without them, change cannot occur, and Fromm et al., tell us that change needs to occur. I think that Fromm et al., are right. There are others, but permit me to name one general who retained his native human decency despite the burden of stars on his collar—Paul T. Mikolashek. Of him, more we need. To that general and to all others like him, I apologize while urging our senior officers to use the “Myths” piece to follow our authors’ lead in taking up a new kind of conversation. Thanks to Military Review for publishing this essay and to the authors for recording their best reflected convictions while exercising courage. welfare by making it clear to them what is right and what is wrong. Consistently choosing right over wrong establishes integrity, builds character, security, dependability, and trust among our people, our leaders, our organizations, and our relationship with the American people. Let us continue with a visual model. The five principles of Army ethics are: morality, honesty, integrity, loyalty, and accountability. Army Values, Standards, and Discipline support these principles in detail. Values Army Ethics Morality Honesty Integrity Loyalty Accountability Army Ethics: Simple, But Not Simple-Minded Discipline Maj. George Knapp, U.S. Army Retired—I found Lt. Col. Brian Imiola’s short piece, “The Imaginary Army Ethic: A Call for Articulating a Real Foundation for Our Profession” (Military Review, May-June 2013), the best statement I have ever read about the problem of U.S. Army ethics. He is right, of course. The Army does not have a set of ethics and ?????????????]???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????) ???????????????????????????????????????????]???????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????Q?????????????????????)???????????Q???????????????????????????)????????????????????5?????????????)1????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????e??????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????e?()Q??????A??????????????????QM??????) ??9??M??????5?????()5%1%QId?IY%\????9?????????????????()M??????(+?^??^=5??????????????????????????????????+?^??^=!???????????????????????????????????????????????????????+?^??^=%??????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????+?^??^=1???????????????????? ????????????)???U?????M??????????????????+?^??^=?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????e????)=?????Y?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)=?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????(???((