Op-Ed Contributor - The Military’s Mission Of Mediocrity - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - The Military’s Mission Of Mediocrity - NYTimes.com: "In my experience, the students who find this most demoralizing are those who have already served as Marines and sailors (usually more than 5 percent of each incoming class), who know how the fleet works and realize that what we do on the military-training side of things is largely make-work. Academics, too, are compromised by the huge time commitment these exercises require. Yes, we still produce some Rhodes, Marshall and Truman Scholars. But mediocrity is the norm."