The Best and the Brightest?

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<p>It didn’t come from ADM Roughhead. He is implementing … I’m really trying hard to remember where this came from… it was either Congress, or… trying to remember. Isn’t the Secretary of Defense a civilian?</p>

<p>OK, Google is my friend, but I don’t have time to drill down… I did find this very quickly: DoD Directive 1020.02</p>

<p><a href=“http://mldc.whs.mil/download/documents/Issue%20Papers/50_DoD_%20Directive.pdf[/url]”>http://mldc.whs.mil/download/documents/Issue%20Papers/50_DoD_%20Directive.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute - Home”>http://www.deomi.org/EOAdvisorToolkit/documents/DoD_Directive102002p.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Clearly ADM Roughhead’s comments came after the issuance of DOD Directive 1020.02. He is just being a good seaman, as are the heads of the Army, Marines, Air Force, National Guard, Reserves, Coast Guard. DOD directives are all-encompassing.</p>