Not to long ago I read a meme that said, "The only difference between a private and a 2nd lieutenant is a bachelors degree."
I grew up in the military. My father was career enlisted. From the time I was born until I graduated high school, I lived on or near the bases. I saw first hand the effects a good officer and NCO could have. I also saw the damage poor ones quickly cause.
For some reason, society has accepted that, with few exceptions, officers must come from the educated class. Yet the best officers I saw, the ones the guys I spent time with respected, were the mustangs. Not just because they were prior enlised, but because they knew exactly what effect their decisions would have on the men. Sometimes the mission means everyone just has to suck it up, but the rest of the time, keeping the chickenshit to a minimum was not only appreciated, but more importantly, noticed.
The damage liberalism has caused has been going on for decades. It is institutional now. The woke nonsense just put the destruction into overdrive. Fags, trannies, racists, general incompetence of every order - all promoted into positions of command and influence. Once imbedded, it's almost impossible to get rid of them. They're dug in like an Alabama tic, watching out for, and promoting, similiarly mentally ill individuals, thus perpetuating the problem.
Firing all of them isn't an option. But changing the acceptance is. After Trump is sworn in, I believe there's going to be mass resignations and firings across all areas of gov't, including the military. This is an opportunity though. Stop accepting the corrupted, indoctrinated college class directly into the officer corps, and mandate promotion from the ranks. 4-6 years as an enlisted soldier/sailor/airman is more than enough time to earn a bachelors degree through the various training and education options currently available to those serving. And for specialty or advanced degrees, like doctors or PhD's, after their enlistment is up the GI bill will help pay for it before they come back and commission.
Will this solve all the problems with the officer corps? No. But it will seriously blunt the damage currently being done, and over the next generation, help clean up the mess.
Here is something to think about. There is the problem of differentiating between leaders and followers. As a matter of natural distribution, leaders are about 5% of a general population. (Empirical experiment: In the Korean War, North Korea segregated its prisoner population into those likely to lead and those likely to follow. They put the "leaders" under heavy guard. The "followers" did not need such heavy guard. The proportion was 1 in 20.)
Now, you consider the idea of "span of control." How many people can a leader lead without fumbling or missing something. In large corporate environments it is something close to 10, after which you need subordinate management. You can then construct a pyramid of a large organization as successive tiers of managers until you reach the top...and then add up what you have. I did this once for the Boeing company where I was working, and arrived at a fraction of the workforce in management that was much higher than 5%. I think it was about 15%. 2 out of 3 managers were in place not because they were good at leading, but because they were a penny in the fusebox. Just there to complete the chain of command.
I drew some conclusions from this. Management is not always going to entail leadership (which is why most managers are poor leaders). There aren't enough leaders at large. Why do people become managers? Not because they can lead---but because they are willing to put up with the bullshit. What is the largest organization we have? The Army and Navy, where "leaders" who are only managers spell death for those they lead.
I'm sure that any military or ex-military anons can pick up the thread of this thought.