“Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, a seasoned Army colonel who has already earned a reputation for being something of a whistleblower by tracking leadership failures from the field in Afghanistan, describes a system where underserving leaders ‘received prestigious medals, promotions to higher ranks, and plum follow-on jobs; others retired and went to work for defense contractors, often with companies that had profited from the failed acquisition effort.’ Davis worries about the decade of the Army and Marine Corps obsessed with counterinsurgency and small-unit warfare while a ‘a new generation of Chinese military leaders has deepened its understanding and application of conventional warfare.'”
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/08/overthrow-the-generals/he