Vandergriff is right — the revolution we need isn’t about technology; it’s about leadership and selecting the right leaders based on merit and proven talent. The system keeps producing managers, not commanders; staff officers, not warriors. We’ve built a generation of compliant careerists while sidelining those who think, adapt, and fight. Until we overhaul how we select, train, educate, and evaluate our officers, we’ll keep repeating the same failures — from Kabul to the next battlefield. Unfortunately, the decision for change rests with the very officers who are products of an archaic system. It will take outside voices like Vandergriff to force the transformation the institution refuses to make.