Opinion: Pardoning convicted troops would tell the world America no longer has a disciplined military
By Barry McCaffrey May 24 at 6:25 PM Barry McCaffrey spent 32 years in the U.S. Army as an infantry officer.
I am the first to admit that small-unit, direct combat is brutalizing and raw. I’ve had four combat tours and been wounded three times. Exhausted, filthy and scared, young troops struggle to survive and keep their buddies alive. You are trying to destroy enemy fighters with rifles and hand grenades and entrenching tools at close range. You are not trying to make an arrest; your purpose is to kill these people.
Our military culture is based on ferocity in battle tempered by disciplined protection for the helpless. It is enforced by our company-level leadership. Older, experienced noncommissioned officers and trained young officers of character set the example. They clearly tell soldiers what the rules of engagement are for each operation. Where there is a failure of discipline, they take action.
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