Decline of Senior Officer Integrity and Civilian Control of the Military

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire

By Keith T. Holcomb
Real Clear Wire

Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the politicization of senior military officers, who show an increasing propensity to compromise their integrity to gain influence and achieve both budgetary and policy goals. Their willingness to spin carefully parsed and knowingly misleading testimony and advice compromises civilian control of the military.