THE WAGES OF TAKING YOUR MBA TO WAR: “Something very predictable happened in our quarter century roadtrip on the way to Tomorrowland; we realized instead we wound up on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride instead. I would like the record to show here in 2QFY24 that this exact problem was discussed in detail back when I was a JO in the mid-1990s. This is not shocking to anyone who is wearing the uniform of a GOFO. They lived the same history I did. We knew we were living a lie that we could sustain a big fight at sea. An entire generation of Flag Officers led this lie in the open and ordered everyone else to smile through it. Ignore your professional instincts, and trust The Smartest People in the Room™.”