Why the Marine Corps is broken and whats up with USNI?

First click here to read an article by Haynie at USNI Blog.

Then read the answer given to BJ by UltimateRatioReg.....

While the examples you cite do indeed separate generations, the divide is cultural and not necessarily age-related. In fact, one could point to long periods of peace and then periods of war as having formed those generations, irrespective of the specific duration of each periods.
No, the generation gap (the “Old Corps” always ended the day before you came in) is not the problem. Peacetime militaries become bureaucratic, because the can, and not pay a high price. Until some supply sergeant is making soldier sign for ammunition while the Zulus are massacring 24th Foot at Isandlwana.
The younger generation earns the respect of the older one by performing to an established standard. Upholding the good name of the unit. Traditions of things endured and things accomplished, such as regiments had down forever, as it were.
Those young Marines are magnificent. As good as any who assaulted through objectives with M-1 in hand. Micromanaging, and zero-defects, and stifling of new ideas are not generation-dependent. They are the result of a culture that has lost its focus on what is important. Training to fight and win wars against our nation’s adversaries. That is a lot more important than perceived “generational conflict”.
When we bend the armed forces to accommodate raising families, sabbaticals, non-military related educational opportunities, and journeys of self-discovery, we are as lost in our focus as are those who think we need Cinderella liberty at fleet week and breathalyzers in the workplace.
As a LtCol, I walked patrols with PFCs who were not even born when I joined the Corps. And we had a Chief Corpsman who could draw on his IRA without penalty. So your assumption isn’t correct.

Now re-read the article by Haynie.

Now answer this question.  Which one is describing the kind of Marine Corps you would want to serve in?