...Chief of the Imperial General Staff, succinctly expresssed his view of the profession of arms today: "The essential basis of the military life is the ordered....It is the unlimited liability which sets the man at arms apart." [Emphasis supplied.] The ordered application is as essential to the officer who works...

...comes before individual considerations. In personal terms, the words of Sir John Hackett are revealing. The essential basis of the military life is the ordered...man who embraces this life somewhat apart. He will (or should be) always a citizen. So long as he serves he will never be a civilian.1 Translating this...

...forces are different from other occupations in advanced liberal democracies: 'The essential basis of military life is the ordered application of force...apart. He will be (or should be) always a citizen' (Hackett 1983, 208). It is the last sentence which admits why the armed forces do not have an absolute...

...training others for the cut and dried. Audacity, and not caution, must be our watchword. JFC Fuller The essential basis of the military life is the ordered...So long as he serves he will never be a civilian. General Sir John W. Hackett Training is light and lack of training is darkness. The problem fears the...