I totally agree with you both. Military justice is based on the “total Soldier” concept. A Soldier who is habitually messing up, has demonstrated a lack of care or concern for the unit, and is overall a drain on the organization will probably be dealt with a little more harshly than a good Soldier who just messed up. I learned this (the hard way) once upon a time as a SPC. Lets just say one SPC (looks a lot like me at 19) walked out with his rank, the other did not.

Have you ever had to fight to retain authority of the things you’re responsible for? For instance push back against blanket policies from higher that take the authority (but of course not the responsibility) from you?