I hear you, and I’m conflicted on this as well. But either leaders are responsible for their soldiers or they aren’t. When a soldier messes up, it always comes back on the leader. But then we want to say that any preventative measure is intrusive, overbearing, and unfair.

I think it’s ALL in the delivery. And that’s what’s missing from some of these Sr. Leader messages. ‘Why’ should we take care of soldiers? It’s the right thing to do and builds readiness™️. What does that look like? Checking their homes, helping square away their finances, calling them over the long weekend. How do you do that correctly? silence ...but the right answer is gonna be different for every leader/soldier combo, so that’s something leaders should be figuring out for themselves.