With more than a million military personnel having deployed overseas since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the recent cases represent only a tiny percentage of the force.
When Navy personnel — having been evaluated frequently according to a standardized method — receive a promotion, they are considered unprepared to assume the new command.
It also notes the confusion that has arisen over some personnel having nicknamed the OCC "War Crimes," with the result that mail intended for the OCC has been mistakenly delivered to the War Crimes Branch.
Meanwhile, industry labs recruit fewer and fewer permanent personnel, having decided that only a few in-house experts are needed to direct and monitor publicly funded research and transfer the results into their companies.
The 246th Volksgrenadier Division was in a similar state, many of its personnel having received fewer than ten days of infantry training.
Today, protection is at the heart of modern UN Peacekeeping, with ten peacekeeping operations, containing 95percentt of all our deployed personnel, having a mandate to protect civilians.
