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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Understand
	Date:	7/10/2010 8:58:47 AM

your frustration with the Pentagon. There are a lot of people there that have never worked in the field. I used to think that to work there you had to have some kind of special insight and understanding, but sadly that is not the case.

I worked for CECOM for a good portion long time, did a stint at AMC, worked on the Army staff and finally moved to OSD. I remember when I worked on the Army Staff, one of my bosses said that "the most important thing we do is give the field a good regulatory framework", and I remember rolling my eyes. Once you work in the Pentagon, it is really easy to lose touch with reality, because you don't generally deal with reality. You spend your day answering questions from Generals who seem to believe that the answer to every question resides in the big computer and all you do is push a button (quickly) to get them the answer, or political appointees who are working some kind of agenda and have no idea what reality would even look like. They go somewhere, kick tires and believe they are experts. There's not a whole lot of black and white there, but endless shades of gray. One also spenda a fair amount of time on "let's build a snowman in the desert and see if it melts" exercises. Common sense is not all that common.

If I feel contempt for anything, it is the political element of the Pentagon, and the Washington environs. I found it very frustrating myself, and part of the reason I took an early retirement.