It is important to maintain funds for training, deployment and opportunities for advancement. In adolescence those who will eventually grow up to be our best leaders resemble German Shepherd pups they chew up the furniture. To grow effective leaders, the personnel system should allow people to recover from mistakes if they are otherwise laudable. It would not be possible today for good war assets to maintain themselves in uniform more than a few years. It may be time to reconsider this policy.
People naturally prefer the company of their own types.
However, these different styles are both vital for a successful military in peace and war. The best and most effective teams contain elements from both camps respect for the strengths that other styles bring to a team is our best strategy for maintaining the force structure for victory. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Third Edition-Revised, American Psychiatric Association Press, Washington, DC, 1989. 4.Harrison Gough, Manual for the California Psychological Inventory , Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc., Standford, CT, 1987. Shapiro, Neurotic Styles , Basic Books, New York, 1965.