We saw in the Gulf War the overwhelming dominance achieved by armed forces that had returned to basic discipline, including core values. We do well to apply these lessons. Because they honor human life, innocently threatened by circumstance. Because they respect the training provided to almost guarantee they ll succeed. And because the discipline of their preparation will equal the performance of their duty .
Standards are the key.
Values are the source of those standards. We also do well to apply the scriptural admonition that we should not be conformed to this world, but rather be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Instead, we should seek the more earnestly to be worthy of the standards that others have neglected. Just as one unit s CO is not obligated to dismiss an NJP case for an offense similar to one that was dismissed by the CO on a ship across the pier, we are not compelled to accept the erosion of standards elsewhere as an indication that we ought to relax our moral vigilance. And here is the relevance of this issue to the civil rights program.