I just read an article from military.com called "Study: Soldiers of All Ranks Engage in 'Dishonesty and Deception'". It peaked my interest because I've seen this as the norm while serving. First off, let me say there are a lot of good people in the military and a lot of people that try and do the right thing. In fact I think for the most part everyone joined to serve their country...it's just that after being in, things start to go astray. A quote from the article that made me laugh, probably because it hit home is "The most highlighted rationalization to partake in dishonesty is that it is often necessary to lie because the task asked of personnel or the reporting required of them is unreasonable, irritating or "dumb."" The military is filled with so much unreasonable, irritating and dumb things who can blame them? LOL.
The unreasonable, irritating and dumb things in the military were probably what pissed me off the most about serving (after not actually doing the job I signed up for, but that's a whole other story). After that would be the leaders looking out for themselves, taking credit when they didn't deserve it, and getting rewarded constantly for stuff they didn't even do. All of this makes moral suffer, which probably helps perpetuate the circle of engaging in dishonesty and deception.
Take a look at the article and decide for yourselves!
