Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

And yet VERY RARELY, IF EVER, when someone posts about a retirement, or a passing, or a change of command, etc.....most often they are heralded as a "great American", a true leader, one-of-a-kind, etc...., so there must be a cadre of the GOOD leaders out there somewhere; but if these message boards are to be believed - there isn't an active duty officer out there worth a grain of salt.

I believe that these message boards, for a large part, attract types that certainly like to complain and voice thier complaints for others to hear. As with the piloting jobs/issues, and the complaints heard so often, the present and past military members like to complain about the experiences and it looks to others like there is nothing good about the military (or the airline industry) and we know even with the problems of both - there ARE goods and others in everything.