We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Getting our military back on stable footing won't happen overnight. We must start this process now, since future engagements are likely and allies are scarce.
We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have 'guardians at the gate.'
If we are going to win the next war, in my opinion, 50 percent of the time of training should be allotted to night training.
I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot.
The idea is to go to bed every night with fewer enemies than you had in the morning.
If night raids and detentions are an unavoidable part of modern counterinsurgency warfare, then so is the resentment they breed.
A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.