There is no comparison between today's Army and the Army of our past. It's tough today. It is a smaller force, but I am proud of this group of noncommissioned officers that I lead now. There is no military force on earth that can challenge our Army. Again, these soldiers are doing fine.
Soldiers do what they are told to do.
It's leadership that's the key. Young men and women join the Army, if they're with competent, confidant, capable leaders they turn into good soldiers. As I travel throughout our Army, I go downrange and visit with the soldiers out in the field, I see soldiers doing everything their leaders ask of them. We can't ask for much more than that. First of all, I think females are accepted as soldiers.