d for commands in Vietnam in order to get the needed experience in order to receive promotion and stay in the military. So in order to get all the officers through the military instituted a six-month-and-out policy for officers. This policy made absolutely no sense, not only was it foolish and wasteful to force officers into retirement if they didn't reach a particular rank at a certain time, the rotation system was also dangerous. By changing commanders every six months units would just get to a point where they worked well and then would be forced to serve under a new commander. Most of the new commanders would be inexperienced and many needless casualties resulted from there initial period of learning and becoming experienced. There was an extreme need for further education programs for officers and NCO's. The centralization of commands and resources resulted in an extemely poor and slow way of doing things. All parts and repairmen were stationed at a central location, they would first have to receive the order, then travel to the site and many times would have to return to the supply yard because he needed a different technician for another repair. The result was that a vast amount of equipment were out of service for long periods of time and huge numbers of men were tied up by this process. The army for the most part suffered the most serious blow from Vietnam. This was due to the limitations of targets by the government and the lack of a true battle plan to defeat the enemy. The result was severe demoralization of the troops, needless casualties by ineffective leadership and poor tactics which lead to the degradation of the Army as a whole. The Army was near ruin and with the end of conscription the Army needed to find ways to attract recruits in the years following Vietnam. -It established major equal-opportunity policies, including mandatory work shops on Sexual harassment and ethnic sensitivity sessions to alert...
