SSG Leonard Johnson 516520 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is one thing I have noticed in the last 7 years or so. Leadership has changed since my generation. We are more political now we are more politically correct now. While senior leadership worry about politicians and politics and continuing their own career, Joe is get screwed. Don't believe me? Just go to your local warrior transition Battalion and see how Joe's treated by civilians. Go to your local VA and see the 90 day wait. Take a look around your units and just see what the morale like. Ask them straight up simple direct questions. What do you think of this? What do you think of this politician? What do you think of this policy?<br />I'm just wondering is anybody ever done this.<br />While my time in the WTU which I just retired from in December after 23 years of service. You have civilian doctors in there that are not taking care of Joe. You got leadership and I'm not saying mine and at my WTU, I'm just saying in general. Who are scared to challenge the civilian doctors. I came into the WTU with a cane, this idiot doctor tried to tell me I would be fully combat ready in December 2013. I had over 30 staples in my neck a cane a neck collar on, and still to this day I have no feeling in my arms fingers and poor balance. I will have this for the rest of my life, I face 4 to 5 surgeries in the civilian world now. It could have ended much worse if I didn't know how to stick up for myself and say screw the chain of command. I thought I'd never hear myself say these words, but I had to do it.<br />So I'm asking all leadership senior mid and lower please stick up for Joe not only on medical on everything. By the way off today :-) 2015-03-06T20:28:42-05:00 SSG Leonard Johnson 516520

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is one thing I have noticed in the last 7 years or so. Leadership has changed since my generation. We are more political now we are more politically correct now. While senior leadership worry about politicians and politics and continuing their own career, Joe is get screwed. Don't believe me? Just go to your local warrior transition Battalion and see how Joe's treated by civilians. Go to your local VA and see the 90 day wait. Take a look around your units and just see what the morale like. Ask them straight up simple direct questions. What do you think of this? What do you think of this politician? What do you think of this policy?<br />I'm just wondering is anybody ever done this.<br />While my time in the WTU which I just retired from in December after 23 years of service. You have civilian doctors in there that are not taking care of Joe. You got leadership and I'm not saying mine and at my WTU, I'm just saying in general. Who are scared to challenge the civilian doctors. I came into the WTU with a cane, this idiot doctor tried to tell me I would be fully combat ready in December 2013. I had over 30 staples in my neck a cane a neck collar on, and still to this day I have no feeling in my arms fingers and poor balance. I will have this for the rest of my life, I face 4 to 5 surgeries in the civilian world now. It could have ended much worse if I didn't know how to stick up for myself and say screw the chain of command. I thought I'd never hear myself say these words, but I had to do it.<br />So I'm asking all leadership senior mid and lower please stick up for Joe not only on medical on everything. By the way off today :-)

2015-03-06T20:28:42-05:00 2015-03-06T20:28:42-05:00 SGT Jim Z. 516537

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I do agree with you <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="163576" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/163576-ssg-leonard-johnson">SSG Leonard Johnson</a> that most senior leadership is worried about the political ramifications and covering their own fourth point of contact. Do I like it hell no but that is the culture that has been fostered over the last 10 to 15 years in my opinion. Are there senior leaders out there that do stick up for the Joe hell yes are they few and far between yep. Unfortunately, the civilian oversight has become to ingrained in the decision level and making.

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