Leonard Wong on Honesty and Ethics in the Military
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Do You Believe the Company Reports?
Most former battalion commanders admitted that in their roles as data receivers, many of the slides briefed to them for information requests were probably too optimistic or inaccurate. For example, one colonel described how his brigade commander needed to turn in his situation report on Friday, forcing the battalion to do theirs on Thursday. The end result was that while the companies gave it their best shot, everyone, including the battalion commander, is that the company reports were not accurate.
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