On March 1, 2007, Major General George W. Weightman was relieved of duty by the Secretary of the Army because service leaders had “lost trust and confidence” of his abilities “to address needed solutions for soldier outpatient care.” Weightman was head of Walter Reed Army Hospital and had been for six months. The Washington Post, in a series of articles, apparently had to tell him and everyone else, that he had not been doing his job. Too bad. He is a graduate of the Military Academy, so “Duty, Honor, Country” is more than a sound-good catch phrase. He was commissioned a Lieutenant of Infantry, and did a tour as such. He served with the 82nd Airborne during Persian Gulf I.
Somewhere he forgot, reality does not exist between the In and Out boxes. To command, one puts eyeballs on things, “Trust but verify,” as Mr Reagan so adroitly put it. One puts “boots on the ground.” Had the general gotten out from behind his desk and walked downstairs to check on his people and especially the people who needed him most, he could have been the hero instead of the goat.
In your life, put boots on the ground.
