A commander who fills headquarters only with people who share one preferred strategy creates a fragile organization. A successor who disagrees is then likely to remove the whole group. Repeating that cycle destroys institutional knowledge and makes programs depend on personalities rather than durable organizations. A healthier command culture preserves experienced dissent and continuity across leadership changes.
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How command staffing can erase institutional memory
Filling a headquarters only with one commander's allies invites the next leader to purge them, turning strategy into repeated personnel churn.