"Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of being part of the team that created the "new AFJ" (Armed Forces Journal) is seeing the ever-growing and enthusiastic response to the mission we set: to make this a journal for discussion and debate on the great issues of war and military operations shaping our forces. Nowhere is that response more evident than in the AFJ editor inbox, which now pulses with letters, article abstract submissions and requests to respond to articles from across the military spectrum. Here is the arena for debate in action; alive and kicking. And nothing better encapsulates why this debate arena is necessary than this issue's cover story. Lt. Col. Paul Yingling's article is, of course, controversial. When the deputy commanding officer of a highly respected Army unit questions the moral courage and leadership skills of today's general officers, there is shock not just because of what is being said, but also because of who is saying it. In essence, Yingling argues that the institutionalized syst
