Andrew Tilghman writes in The Washington Monthly about a growing problem:  the departure of career officers from the U.S. Army.  As Tilghman writes, "an all-volunteer army has few tools at its disposal to staunch the loss of high-grade junior officers," a loss that is increasing as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on.  Officers who could go on to lead the military establishment are departing, disillusioned by incompetence and the sometimes unrealistic demands of Army life at home.  Read Andrew Tilghman here.

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