In its ultimate form, the military is an institution of government-sanctioned violence to achieve the Nation’s objectives. The military requires legitimacy for its actions, and its institutional morality forms the “high ground” from which it can wage war.

As has been obvious for the past few years, that institutional morality has been changing. As noted in a recent article on loosening standards for recruitment:

The Pentagon is…scrambl[ing] to keep up with America’s changing social mores…

One specific quote within the article noted the weakness of such a goal:  Read more