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The U.S. military is the armed forces of the United States of America. In April 2026, Jordan Schneider discussed its internal culture and leadership dynamics, noting that officers rarely challenge superiors and that learning lessons is not automatic, while also observing that the current administration has seen an unprecedented number of four-star generals fired or resigned.
How it developed
- Apr 2026 - Jordan Schneider said there is no mechanism for automatically learning lessons in the military; one has to actively do it.
- Apr 2026 - Jordan Schneider said that when you have air superiority, everybody knows.
In the evidence
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Jordan Schneider explains why military promotion culture structurally prevents McMaster-style public dissent. Officers cannot tell superiors they are wrong without ending their careers, making institutional pushback on civilian leadership nearly impossible.
“Nobody makes GO by telling the principal that the principal is wrong. You don't tell your you cannot tell your rater or your senior rater that they are fundamentally wrong. You certainly can't do it in public.”Jordan Schneider · 16 Apr 2026
Jordan Schneider on the structural impossibility of public dissent in the military promotion system.
“Nobody makes GO by telling the principal that the principal is wrong. You don't tell your you cannot tell your rater or your senior rater that they are fundamentally wrong. You certainly can't do it in public.”Jordan Schneider · 16 Apr 2026
Jordan Schneider on the absence of automatic lesson-learning in the US military.
“There's actually no reason for why there's no mechanism by which you automatically learn lessons. You have to like get up and do it.”Jordan Schneider · 5 Apr 2026
Jordan Schneider on the self-evident nature of air superiority.
“When you have air superiority it everybody knows.”Jordan Schneider · 16 Apr 2026
The current US administration has fired or seen more four-star officers resign than any previous administration in American history, per Jordan Schneider.
“I think I forget, but the number of four stars I think under this administration is like the most that have been fired or resigned in like ever, and that's kind of unprecedented.”Jordan Schneider · 16 Apr 2026