So if I didn't fight him, I knew it wouldn't be long. These trainees are not children. But they are at the bottom of the power structure. Today's military is muddled about what to do about sex. If the Army wanted soldiers to have sex lives, they would have issued them.
Some revision is way overdue.
But at the same time, I know we ask the military to walk a fine line. They are expected to kill, but not murder. To prepare for violence but exercise restraint. We ask for officers who can make others do what they want, but who won't abuse their authority. The performance requires a great and sustained discipline.